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2013-07-23 Home Front: WoT

Gen. Dempsey: Syria no-fly zone could cost US $1B per month

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Posted by trailing wife 2013-07-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 If Champ decides to 'wag the dog' and get involved in Syria, Dempsey will be under the bus with the rest. Even though I generally disagree with Dempsey and Odierno, Dempsey is correct in this regard.

Posted by Besoeker 2013-07-23 03:17|| 2013-07-23 03:17|| Front Page Top

#2 A billion dollar here, a billion there -- pretty soon you're talking real money.

Back 50 years ago, when Illinois Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen uttered that gem, he was talking "millions", not billions.

For my grandkids, it'll prolly be "A trillion here, a trillion there..."

Posted by Bobby 2013-07-23 05:56|| 2013-07-23 05:56|| Front Page Top

#3 Senator Dirkson remembered. Thank you Bobby.

Posted by Besoeker 2013-07-23 08:11|| 2013-07-23 08:11|| Front Page Top

#4 For your kids, Bobby, or even you.

Posted by Glenmore 2013-07-23 08:24|| 2013-07-23 08:24|| Front Page Top

#5 Concur. I think Palin gave the proper response on this a while ago. Let Allah figure it out.

Posted by Broadhead6 2013-07-23 16:04|| 2013-07-23 16:04|| Front Page Top

#6 If Champ decides to 'wag the dog' and get involved in Syria, Dempsey will be under the bus with the rest

I don't think so. IMNSHO, the President really doesn't want to "wag the dog" because the downside outweighs any domestic political benefit.

Hence the General in the chosen role of the excuse-maker.

Posted by Pappy 2013-07-23 17:21|| 2013-07-23 17:21|| Front Page Top

#7 I hope your assessment is accurate Pappy. I'm coming from the angle of Champ's need for distraction. Perhaps I am being overly optimistic, but I have a feeling that the IRS scandal is gaining a momentum that could soon lead to a level of High Crimes and Misdemeanors.

Posted by Besoeker 2013-07-23 17:43|| 2013-07-23 17:43|| Front Page Top

#8 See WAFF > ASSAD-PKK DEAL: "DYD" [Democratic Union Party] TO SUPPORT ASSAD, SYRIA KURDISH ZONE TO BE AUTONOMOUS.

Methinks the Bammer knows the FSA Rebs are all but absolutely defeated inside Syria - by supporting third-party, CONTRA-style anti-Assad insurgency from Syria's neighbors or even from remianing FSA-held enclaves inside Syria, the Bammer will have justification for calling for the formal establishment of a larger KAR outside of Iraq but now incorporat the Kurdish enclaves or regions inside Syria - the FSA can thus still oppose + fight Assad but must first recognize Kurd-specific, territorial sovereign rights to a secure homeland???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2013-07-23 19:37|| 2013-07-23 19:37|| Front Page Top

#9 I have a feeling that the IRS scandal is gaining a momentum that could soon lead to a level of High Crimes and Misdemeanors

If a distraction occurs, it'll be domestic-based. Syria is a non-starter. If there's a foreign angle, it'll 'advantageously' tie to something politically domestic.

Posted by Pappy 2013-07-23 21:27|| 2013-07-23 21:27|| Front Page Top

#10 More ...

* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > US [JCS Chair Gen. Dempsey]OFFERS FIVE MILITARY OPTIONS TO CONTROL THE CONFLICT IN SYRIA, from training of Rebs vee US Advisors in safe areas to using US SPECOPS + 000's of US Ground Troops to forcibly takeover = attack? + secure Syria's WMDS, espec CHEMWAR.

* WAFF > PKK TO ESTABLISH JOINT COMMAND IN FOUR COUNTRIES, i.e. Turkey, Iraq, Iran, + Syria

* RELATED SAME =[Defence-point.GR] KURDS: DECISION TO TO CLEAN OUT ISLAMISTS FROM SYRIA, wid focii in Syria.

Proposed Kurd State = Kurdistan slowly but most assuredly becom a reality???

ARISE, OWG SALADIN, ARISE.

* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > ALAWITES PREPARING TO ESTABLISH AN "ALAWITE-ONLY" STATE IN HOMS, wid intent to connect to surrounding Alawite-controlled or majority regions includ to Syria's coasts [read, TRADE PORTS].

FYI as per FREEREPUBLIC, both the US + Russia have announced they will be arming opposite sides in the Syria conflict - Russia already has been arming Assad but now will expand its support.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2013-07-23 22:42|| 2013-07-23 22:42|| Front Page Top

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