Oh, For Pete’s Sake . . . .
Multiple media organizations are reporting that the US will strike Syria as early as tomorrow. And they’re also reporting that Administration officials are making no secret about what we’re planning to do – or our objectives.
I won’t go through all the details; the WSJ article here does an excellent job of summarizing them. But I will respond to a couple of points raised in the article:
- “ ‘I want to make clear that the options that we are considering are not about regime change,’ White House spokesman Jay Carney said Tuesday. “ Uh, Mr. Carney – the explicit goal of the Syrian rebels IS “regime change”. If that’s not our goal, then why in the hell are we intervening on the side of the “Syrian rebels” at all?
- “The New York Times, quoting a Pentagon official, adds that ‘the initial target list has fewer than 50 sites, including air bases where Syria’s Russian-made attack helicopters are deployed.’ “ Gee, that’s wonderful. The best military strategy in the world is to tell your opponent what you’re planning to do before doing it so they can get ready.
It seems to me that we’re going to use a limited application of US military force to “send a message” vice engage decisively in Syria. I hope the hell I’m wrong.
Why do I hope I’m wrong? Can you say “ROLLING THUNDER”?
We all know how well that worked out.
Category: "Teh Stoopid", Military issues
The way B. Hussein 0bama & Co. are going about this is akin to telling an enemy just which direction you’re aiming and just when you’re pulling the trigger each time during a firefight!
@51
Exactly. So…is he really going to try to bomb Assad? Maybe it’s a ruse. “Oh…yah, we’ll hit you on Friday” and really bombs him on Thursday. If so, he’s aiding the Muslim Brotherhood.
Or is he really aiding Assad. “Dude, get your shit outta town by Thursday because I’m gonna level a few blocks”. If so, he’s aiding someone who would turn chemical weapons on his own people.
If he really has to do this, he shoulda STFU (yah, I know…Obama…shutting up…never happen), let the missiles fly and let the chips fall where they may.
ROLLING THUNDER II
Anonymous (53): that would be III. Rolling Thunder II was Serbia/Kosovo in the late 1990s.
@54: Opn DRONING BLUNDER I…
I’ve seen this movie. I’m just waiting for him to address the Senate and declare himself Emperor while Harry Reid and the rest of his cronies applaud.
These clowns are not very smart, but they are quite clever. Perhaps they are looking for a way to save face by bowing to international pressure to NOT bomb?
(Makes no sense to normal people, but they are not normal. By talking about doing something, they have addressed whatever was their concern. Doing something is accomplished by talking about it, therefore they are off the hook?? I dunno.)
POTUS plans on launching one of those NASA weather missiles over Assad’s domicile, the ones that release rainbow colored smoke so Assad can see if Obama wanted he could bomb Syria with Skittles next.
Rolling Thunder aka Toothpick production by bombing empty stretches of jungle.
Would it help if a defoliant were used, like Agent Orange?
Ooops! Wrong war! Sorry.