Posted on 09/06/2013 11:25:11 AM PDT by mojito
Despite statements from both US President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry that a US-led strike on Syria would be a "limited and tailored" military attack, ABC News reported on Thursday that the strike planned by Obama's national security team is "significantly larger" than most have anticipated.
According to ABC News, in additional to a salvo of 200 Tomahawk cruise missiles fired from four Navy destroyers stationed in the eastern Mediterranean, the US is also planning an aerial campaign that is expected to last two days.
This campaign potentially includes an aerial bombardment of missiles and long range bombs from US-based B-2 stealth bombers that carry satellite-guided bombs, B-52 bombers, that can carry air-launched cruise missiles and Qatar-based B-1s that carry long-range, air-to-surface missiles, both ABC News and The New York Times reported.
"This military strike will do more damage to [Syrian President Bashar] Assad's forces in 48 hours than the Syrian rebels have done in two years," a national security official told ABC News.
Meanwhile, Obama has directed the Pentagon to expand the list of potential targets in Syria following reports Assad's forces have moved troops and equipment used to employ chemical weapons in anticipation of the US-led strike against them, the Times reported on Thursday.
In order to degrade Assad's ability to use chemical weapons, the list of 50 or so major sites has to be expected, officials told the Times.
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They are now saying that US forces will stay on site to enforce a No Fly Zone for the remainder of the 60 day authorization period, as well as to use Carrier based aircraft to attack ground targets. That’s the reason the carrier is coming up the Red Sea.
If what you are saying is true, I hope we have an answer for the Sunburn missile, or it is going into extra innings.
This should be a lesson to never vote for a dual Citizen to be president again. The founders framing Article 2 Section 1 put the natural-born Citizen clause in so a future American president would be born with sole allegiance to the United States. They didn’t want a person born with split-allegiances and that person is sitting in the White House right now fixing to put American forces in jeopardy over a chemical attack that Al-Qaeda rebels have admitted to. Obama’s allegiance is not to the American people. His allegiance is to the Muslim Brotherhood like his Kenyan brother. If Obama’s allegiance is truly to the United States then he should be listening to the American public who overwhelmingly do not want to strike a foreign sovereignty. Again, this is what happens when you have a dual Citizen president.
Our leaders are disgusting.
And detect both Russian and Chinese entry into 0’s war. And detect major US capital military asset losses. And detect the draft. And detect WWIII ...
I think that fell flat...
Get it? Flat? I'm here 'til Sunday, try the veal...
They can use his fatass as the anchor.
Nuh huh, he said it was only going to be symbolic!
Expect WWIII.
Like we haven’t been fighting that for 15 years.
I swell, badly, as in my throat swells shut so I can't breathe. Mr. MOguy and I were talking last night reminded him that if they are needed, I will not make it. So sorry we are in the same boat. Praying that we both never have to face that end. As we watch this madness, I just keep hoping that someone somewhere is as concerned as we are and will stop this before it becomes totally insane....
MOgirl
Hey ? whatever happened to the limited strike that they were trying to sell us ? ... opps my bad it was all a lie.
Even if you survive a nuke blast hell is awaiting those who survive in the battle for food water shelter.
If we get nuked you don’t want to be the twilight zone person in a cave anyway.
Embrace the Lord and praise him.
Anyone who saw the movie "Threads" knows what that fate would be.
Forget about cruse missiles when push comes to shove they will resort to nukes.
Hello,
Of course, already on it....
:)
MOgirl
The last 15 years was just a warm up to the real thing. Expect major US capital miltary losses. Hope you are past the draft age ...
Draft is slavery
War for al Qaeda? Our leaders should be shot if one American bleeds for Al Qaeda.
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