"A Look At How The U.S. Military Could Carry Out Military..." Topic

…Strikes In Syria.

"Thirteen months ago, the United States sent Navy ships toward Syria as it prepared to launch strikes against President Bashar al-Assad's regime following its use of chemical weapons. Four destroyers carrying about three dozen Tomahawk missiles each made up the bulk of the force, but the Pentagon also could have launched airstrikes from bases in Turkey or Europe or submarines that quietly patrol the sea.

President Obama backed off hitting Assad's regime then, saying he wanted Congress to vote on the plan. Two weeks later on Sept. 14, 2013, Russia and the United States agreed to a deal that allowed Syria's declared chemical weapons to be destroyed at sea this summer by a U.S. crew on the MV Cape Ray, a container ship specifically outfitted for the mission.

The aborted Syria strikes last year are instructive in considering the options at the Pentagon's disposal now, as Obama prepares for a speech Wednesday night in which he is expected to make the case for expanding action against the Islamic State. The militant group has taken control of portions of both Syria and Iraq, seized weapons from both Syrian and Iraqi government forces and killed hundreds of civilians, if not more, across the two countries…"

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Armand

Oh the irony. In 2013 USA wanted to bomb Syrian government forces in support of Jihadis.

Now they want to bomb the jihadis.

Anyone else think Western policy is rudderless?

The enemy of my enemy is my friend-today!

"The Horror … the horror … "

Supposedly, those "friendly Jihadis" we want to support sold one of the journalists to ISIS for $25,000 USD – $50,000 USD, before he was beheaded, so the definition of a "friendly Jihadi" seems rather suspect to me.

"Friendly" is to "jihadi" as "cuddly" is to "porcupine!". It might seem to be a good idea in the moment but it will cause you much suffering real soon. It seems to me they are assembling a "Coalition of the Quilling" and soon they will all be well stuck!
I also think they are attacking in the wrong direction. To bring a better chance of peace to the Middle East weapons and ill intent should be focused on the den of thieves located south of Iraq who finance these fanatics.
Rod Robertson.

Why not base and operate out of Iraq? The US has built the bases and the infrastructure, so why complicate matters?
Rod Robertson

Security, that's why. To use the Iraqi bases, you'd need to move in a full security force. Don't need that if you're coming off a carrier or from one of the UAE bases. The ultimate in KISS.