This article is written from the perspective of someone who knows military weapons (ours and the Russians), and understands the attack we made on Assad's chemical weapons installations.
It is worth the time to read.
The United States, France and Britain last week launched 105 missiles on three on Syrian chemical weapons facilities without any aircraft entering Syrian air space or coming within range of its anti-air systems.
Fact is that if the US can wage these little “police action wars” with low risk to our troops, they will not end and might even pick up. If we can send our drones anywhere while they are being piloted by some guys in South Dakota, low risk means high involvement.
I was lambasted a few days ago when I suggested that these skirmishes take place from time-to-time for the big world players back room agree to have a proving ground in some poor suckers country. Sometimes it’s Vietnam, sometimes it’s Iraq, sometimes it’s Syria. Collateral civilian damage and death becomes acceptable to both or more sides, although not intended. I can’t tell you how much I hate it if this is a situation that later gets proven as fact.
Starting to look a lot like Spain, 1936.
Tomahawk cruise missiles aren't aircraft? I know what they mean but I think it would be more accurate to say "...without manned aircraft..."
As tension mounts between Russia and the West...