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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I didn’t. Thanks
Put Shultz and Maddow on the the first Obama landing craft.
Throw Mika and Maher in for back-up.
Idiots
Let me be clear-a US attack on Syria most definitely will involve the participation of Iran - isn’t that the point? Really, what else could it be?
Not to worry. Saudis and friends are picking up the bill.
“He’ll have to move the military budget up a notch by the end of the year to replenish them.”
Why????
Clinton didn’t, after he burned up the inventory attacking Serbia.
The lack of cruise missiles was a major reason why the start of the War was delayed so much after 9/11, allowing the left to ramp up the Anti-Bush campaign (We now know it had NOTHING to do with anti-war).
This Syria bs is put out there to distract us from the Amnesty bill that is coming up. It’s to get us thinking about this BS while they pass the amnesty bill behind our backs So we don’t lobby our congressmen to not pass amnesty
call Congress . tell them no immigration related bill from the House. Focus people
Focus on stopping the amnesty bill and call out crap like this.
99% of the media news stories are to distract us from what the government is doing or to advance the socialist/democrat agenda. it’s not news
Don’t forget pissy chrissy Mathews.
We can likely overcome the S-300’s. The question is really, is Obama dumb enough to go up against the Russians to sooth his insulted ego?
Did you miss it? We’re now pimping out our military for the Saudi and Quatar folk who want Assad out of the chair.
0bama’s telegraphing of our every move regarding our strategy and tactics is pure treason. Impeach 0bama NOW. I pray for our troops. He doesn’t telegraph SQUAT when it comes to the IRS scandal, or DOJ scandal or Benghazi.
Wow and it is only going to cost tens of millions of dollars and have it paid for by the Saudis. We are getting a great deal.
Jeez.
Just say no to bombing Syria.
Anyone who supports should be thrown out of this country.
“Bathhouse Barry baits bear, bungles bigtime.”
The psych profile the Russians have on Obama must make for very interesting reading...
Putin keeps hurling insult after insult at the clinical narcissist, and none of Obama’s Community organizer training prepared him for someone who isn’t afraid of being bullied, and called a racist by the US Media.
Well, it’s about escalation...if the Russians actually fire their missiles at our aircraft and tomahawks while defending their ally Syria, then what does Supreme Generalissimo Obongo do next? Shoot back?
How ‘bout we make it MUCH SMALLER than expected and just stay the heck home?
For some reason one would think we would have been in better shape had Romney been elected.
Benghazi was after our military attacks achieved the objective of getting rid of Ghaddafi. If the objective here is to discourage use of poison gas, then disrupting transport and delivery of military goods makes sense. Question—How big a hole does 1 Tomahawk missile make in a concrete airfield? On the other hand the Soviet and Chinese presence requires serious rethinking.
I talked to my successor who replaced me when I retired after almost 40 years in the military. He and none of his section want to have another military action without a clear mission statement, which is lacking from 0 bummer. Even the one 0 supporter is against this.
And you can be sure the rest of the world is picking up on that. The center of the universe is rapidly shifting away from DC. And the next president (Hillary) will just accelerate the process.
Obama will be smiling knowing Al Qaeda will swoop in and exterminate everything Christian.
Obama and all in Congress who support this move are doing the work of Satan.
I pray daily for the safety of all Christians in the Middle East.
“Unfortunately, I am extremely allergic to iodine. I’m am toast if they are needed....”
So am I. No doctor or hospital can use anything on me with iodine in it. Can’t use any shampoo that has anything from the ocean in it. I was given an iodine test by a hospital and I have a permanent scar there when the iodine ate down into my arm. It had to heal from the inside of the arm up. But, I have the pills to protect the thyroid which is what the pills are for in case of attack. Someone else can use them but I can’t.
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