Posted on 08/23/2013 4:30:06 PM PDT by mojito
The Pentagon has updated the list of possible targets in Syria should US President Barack Obama decide to intervene militarily in the country, CNN reported on Friday, citing a US Defense Department official.
The report came as pressure mounts on Obama to take action against the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad in the wake of allegations that he killed more than a 1,000 people in chemical weapons attacks on Wednesday.
The US defense official told CNN that target lists for air strikes in Syria had been updated, and plans for using cruise missiles capable of targeting Syria without entering the country's airspace had also been included.
The official stated that the US had made no decision to act in Syria, but rather the targets were updated "to give the president a current and comprehensive range of choices."
Assad's army continues to move forces and equipment making flexible planning a necessity, the official told CNN.
The updated list includes mobile targets that would disrupt Assad's ability to conduct further chemical weapons attacks.
Obama and his national security team had a four hour Oval Office meeting on military options Friday, focusing on cruise missile targets, but no decisions were taken.
The top Democrat on the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee urged Obama on Friday to order air strikes against Assad's government after the apparent chemical attacks.
(Excerpt) Read more at jpost.com ...
If Rice is involved they must be hiding a movie.
WWCD (What would Canaan do?)
“New War”. I guess he doesn’t understand that it’s all part of
the same war.
You ought to go see her timeline! It is a laugh riot what people are saying to her on Twitter...lol.
If a couple conservative politicians went over there and “looked” for 5 minutes, they’d notice those chemical weapons are complete horsecrap. But we’re actually dealing with Zippy/Jarrett/Powers.
Well, they had a temporary setback getting armed and going back over to screw up Cairo again.
The media and John McCain it would appear. And Obama’ s buddies, the Muslim Brotherhood.
The truth is that support for Iran in Syria and elsewhere must be shut down, and it doesn’t matter who pretends to be the boss of the action. Nearly everyone should know that by now.
Wonder how many of those potential targets are Christian churches.... Obama could murder every Christian in Syria and the MSM wouldn’t report a thing.
I’m going to stay out on the limb I went out on earlier and still go with the Syrian rebels are the ones who used the gas (involuntary martyrs action). One of the rebels stated on TV: “This wouldn’t have happened if Obama would have sent the weapons he promised two months ago”. Think about that statement for a few minutes and consider that the last gas attack was by rebels and that the rebels are losing badly and this type action can only help because the MSM and others “want to believe” regardless of facts. That said, I’m not a fan of Assad but I’m less of a fan of the MB or AQ.
Agree. The United States is behind the chemical attack on Syria. Sad, but true.
The big question in this mess is how does Russia react. Nobody knows.
There is a lot more going on than any of us realize.
Sponsoring FReepers are contributing
$10 Each time a New Monthly Donor signs up!
Get more bang for your FR buck!
Click Here To Sign Up Now!
He's ignored his "line in the sand" twice before.
Why stand firm now? Even if John McCain is yapping and chewing on your shoes...???
John McCain. Yapping. And chewing on his shoes.
Why would this Rat urged such a thing when it is not known for sure Assad ordered such a thing? Couldn't this be a planned event the rebels conjured up?
Nobody knows. I read where the rebels said they were buried every body n a mass grave immediately after it became public.
Russia will respond. We can count on that. Putin has already said they would.
And, unlike some others, his word is good.
I dont care about either side....
Letm fight
but this is interesting
With a majority of America looking to impeach maybe the globalists think its time to try to jail a sitting pres.thereby setting a hague trumps nationalism precedent.
Crazy stuff. ....
I don’t think so. They buried the bodies in mass graves.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.