Pentagon Proposes Boots On The Ground In Syrian Civil War (CNN video at link

FireDogLake ^ | 9/19/2013 | DSWright

[Laissez-faire capitalist]

Despite it being overwhelmingly clear that the American people want nothing to do with the civil war in Syria, the Pentagon has proposed entering the war. Under the proposal U.S. involvement will escalate from providing weapons to rebels via the CIA to direct support and training of rebel forces by the U.S. military.

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[Yorlik803]

Big surprise......they lied.
They couldnt tell the truth if their lives depended on it.
We are now the AQ allies.....that whole WTC/Pentagon and Shanksville thing never happened>
Enough to make a real American want to vomit.

[Diogenesis]

How short are the memories at the Pentagon?

OR

How many have to work for al Qaeda within the Pentagon
(or a Hexagon which should replace it given it cannot
follow its Oath to the Constitution) for the Pentagon
to forget 911, and AIDE, help, abet and assist al Qaeda?

[stanne]

I don’t know when FDR said that if he did but after Pearl Jarbor guys who couldn’t serve died of shame. They were not in there for FDR

[elpadre]

Is this from the military side of DOD or the Obama appointed civilian side? Let me guess??

[Oldexpat]

The military is being directed to plan operations for Syria.
There is no way that the military is pushing this option.
Training rebels in Jordan..defending Jordan and Israel is ok in my book. They are our allies. But sending troops in Syria? No way.

[austinaero]

I am willing to parachute the entire congress in.
Lead by the CiC.

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I’d like to see the Nobel Peace Prize Committee dropped into the middle of Damascus

[MichaelCorleone]

Re: post 8

Please stop talking sense. Common sense and logic has no place in the conversation when an agenda is being pursued.

Thank you.

[NKP_Vet]

Training.

Then, advisors.

Then, combat troops.

Good morning, Vietnam.

[spokeshave]

Now that chemical weapons are out of the picture

Dont be so sure....

This posted in Breaking news today:

Obama OKs Chemical Weapons Aid to Syria (waives ITAR) ABC ^ | 9/16/2013 | Devin Dwyer

Posted on Wednesday, September 18, 2013 2:55:38 AM by markomalley

The materials — including chemical weapons-related personal protective gear and medical supplies — will be sent to “vetted” members of the Syrian opposition, international aid groups inside Syria, and any other organizations working to “prevent the preparation, use, or proliferation of Syria’s chemical weapons,” an administration official said.

And the materials to go with the protective gear:

Germany defends chemical sales to Syria TheLocal.de ^ | 19 Sep 2013 08:55 CET | (The Local/tsb)

Posted on Thursday, September 19, 2013 6:04:28 AM by Olog-hai

Germany sold tonnes of chemicals to Syria which were capable of being put to military use. …

The chemicals sold have a dual use—they can be used for both military and non-military purposes. They include hydrogen fluoride, ammonium hydrogen fluoride and sodium cyanide. The export of the chemicals is restricted but not illegal, the Süddeutsche newspaper reported, as they are used in industry.

[Lazamataz]

War will be Obama’s economic stimulus part II.

Yeah, great stimulus, that.

[OB1kNOb]

Yep. History is in the process of repeating itself.

[clintonh8r]

This is probably coming from SecDef’s office (criminal corrupt civilian FedGov employees and appointees), not the JCS (actual military side of DOD).

[seeker41]

Can you imagine what the jihadis will do to our troops if they capture some.Sickening and not worth 1 drop of American blood!

[Rebelbase]

[Brad from Tennessee]

By the time U.S. troops arrive Obama will have switched sides and be supporting Assad.

[AliVeritas]

Who do you think trained them re: using the weapons.

I’m sure there were boots from Mali, Mauritiana, Libya, Egypt, Syria, Jordan and other places we don’t know about.

Off-topic.

BTW, whatever happened to all the prison escapees we hear nothing about at Abu Ghraib, Taji, other Iraq prisons and in Afghanistan, Libya and Pakistan? That happened when the embassies were ‘closed’. I know some of them are involved in Syria as we speak.

[Billthedrill]

Yeh. When I find myself agreeing with FireDogLake and Noam Chomsky more than I do with my own government, it's a pretty sad day.

The answer is NO. We tried this once, in Beirut, and it got a lot of good men killed for nothing. No, no, NO, NO!

[Fitzy_888]

Just some pathetic posturing by the Pentigon to give Obama cover...some Obama will “appear” less like a rat catching chicken-hawk.

[Old Sarge]

I wouldn’t doubt that for a minute.

Welcome to the “Jihad Road Show”, opening in a 3rd-world backwater near you.

[cherokee1]

I’m not seeing how this is news. We (US) already have a unit in Jerdan doing exactly this: training rebels. Sounds more to me like Dempsey is angling for more money what with Afganyland winding down and all.?