By: Geoffry Woods
Yes, what better thing to do when sequestration is hanging over the military like the proverbial Sword of Damocles than start another expensive, prolonged combat engagement (or whatever ephemeral...
View ArticleBy: ziv
That is true, but I wonder just how they would respond. Increased level of sophistication regarding the air defenses wouldn’t make that much of a difference. Putting their technicians in harms way...
View ArticleBy: Drake
Wars of choice is how we ended up in this predicament.Another undeclared war, with all the costs of a real on(including financial aid to Syrian opposition — whatever they are), charged on our national...
View ArticleBy: CharlesHouston
The strategy so far (which had been successful for multiple Administrations for years) was to ignore the problem, propose a lot of talks, and wait for the local dictator to win. Libya was a change...
View ArticleBy: Michael
Russian backed off from syria a bit as they have canceled further sales of weapons to Syria. Supposing that Syria goes to far –like using chemical weapons– I am expecting Russia “tolerate” military...
View ArticleBy: PolicyWonk
Gotta let the Turks lead the Syrian thing — and otherwise avoid it unless the sequestration problems are ironed out by *both* parties first.
View ArticleBy: Lance
I do not think Russia will allow a UN No Fly Zone over Syria most American oppose such a war to back Al Qaeda backed terrorist the rebels are made up of. This is more political dribble in an election...
View ArticleBy: SecretSquid
Last I heard, Russian Marines were embarked and en route to Tartus. Let’s wait and see.
View ArticleBy: tmb2
That naval base is more or less owned by Russia as a fueling/logistics stopover with a staff of a dozen people. With everything going on in Syria, sending troops to make sure it’s secure or use it as a...
View ArticleBy: Zak
We should only provide a no fly zone if we really have something to gain. How will the US benefit from a regime change? Who will end up in power in Syria? Probably conservative Muslims which would not...
View ArticleBy: Greg
I think it opens the Iran’s flank. Iran was counting on Syria’s Radar system to protect them from Israeli or US attack on it’s Western side. I read that Syria’s radar can detect Aircraft taking off and...
View ArticleBy: donbacon
NFZ not possible. Syria shot down Turk plane. Or did it? Examination of the pieces from the wreckage of the plane showed no sign of a missile attack or anti-aircraft fire. A Turk politician claims the...
View ArticleBy: donbacon
The carrier Abraham Lincoln recently traversed the eastern Med from the Red and Arabian Seas — and kept on going to Norfolk. If they were going to do a NFZ they would have kept CVN72 in the eastern...
View ArticleBy: donbacon
John Brennan has no business poking his nose into military matters. I suspect that’s been made clear to him after he over-stepped.
View ArticleBy: matt
I would prefer if we didn’t get involved in Syria. The last I read they have radical islamic extremists such as Al Queda and The Muslim Brotherhood rising through the ranks in the rebel army. I really...
View ArticleBy: TheGuy
If we weren’t a consumer driven society all cruising around in our SUV’s then we probably wouldn’t have such concerns in this region.
View ArticleBy: TheGuy
And over 30 years later we still understimate Hezbollah and Iranian sphere of influence.
View ArticleBy: OldRetSWO
Oh yeah, we get so much oil and consumer goods from Serbia and Afghanistan. That MUST be why Obama is setting his sights on Syria.
View ArticleBy: TheGuy
Hence why I said ‘Region’ — we can’t all live in a little microcosm anymore, regional security is the primary issue here. In your day we could cast all the blame on influence and purpose on the...
View ArticleBy: StealthFlyer
The carriers ENTERPRISE (CVN 65) and EISENHOWER (CVN 69) are still in the Middle East (the US is keeping 2 in the region), plus airbases in Turkey and at many other locations all across the Middle East...
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