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| U.S. Navy Positions Ships For Possible Strike Against Syrian Targets | |
| 2013-08-27 | |
[InstituteForTheStudyOfWar] U.S. Navy warships are positioned for a strike against Syria using long range Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles (TLAM). Such an attack could cause varying degrees of limited damage to the Assad regime's ability to use more chemical weapons or continue effective operations against the opposition. It cannot eliminate the regime's military or chemical weapons capabilities, however, nor cause more than a temporary degradation in regime operations. Such a strike will be ineffective unless it is part of a coherent, properly resourced effort towards achieving clearly-articulated U.S. strategic aims in Syria. Those aims should include helping the moderate and more secular elements of the opposition defeat both the Iranian-backed Assad regime and the al Qaeda-affiliated extremists who threaten to hijack the rebellion. Limited TLAM strikes alone will not accomplish such aims.
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| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #8 Da thug from Chicago wants to s do a drive by with cruise missiles. |
| Posted by: crazyhorse 2013-08-27 20:09 |
| #7 My orders were sent through. We'll be bombing the baby milk factory at Damascus at 1800. We're coming in from the north, below their radar. When will you next golf? I can't tell you that. Its classified. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2013-08-27 12:54 |
| #6 Glad I'm no longer NAVY. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2013-08-27 12:00 |
| #5 And then there is this [from another site]: However, the Syrians have a pretty darned good integrated air defense system courtesy of our Russian friends. Also, from open source, the Russians have deployed SS-26 "Stone" hypersonic missiles in Syria in locations from which they can take out NATO's Patriot missiles right quick. If we intervene in Syria with manned aircraft we will risk losing several pilots, risk killing Russian "advisors" and may widen hostilities throughout the region. What will the Iranians do if we attack their Syrian allies? What would Russia do? This symbolic intervention could get ugly early. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-08-27 11:23 |
| #4 And the military objective is almost achieved. Today's Reuters poll puts approval for the Obombing at 9%. |
| Posted by: Grunter 2013-08-27 11:21 |
| #3 Well Frank, Vlad had to provide the timeline and no-fly zones. Then there were the MSM deployments to contend with. Theater like this takes planning and a great deal of time. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-08-27 10:49 |
| #2 good thing it will be a surprise attack |
| Posted by: Frank G 2013-08-27 10:41 |
| #1 I'm sure the Nobel Peace Prize committee approves (sarc off) |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-08-27 10:36 |