Did I just stop by DU and find people PUSHING for war against Syria?

[MADem]

17. Where are people "pushing for war" either here or in DC?

The only thing I've heard about is a punitive cruise missile strike, no troops, no boots on the ground, no warfighting.

The idea is "You think you wanna use chemical weapons against innocent people, old ladies, little kids? And you think you can get away with that shit? Let's watch your arsenals go BOOM and see how much of that kind of thing you'll do in future..."

And even that needs a UN up check before it goes down.

I don't know anyone who's motivated to "go to war" against Syria. Since we're drawing down the military, we'd have to ramp it back up again, and between the sequester and the force-shaping protocols in effect, we wouldn't be turning on a dime. Already most of the FY losses are gone, and the ones for the remaining quarter of the FY are on their way out the door, when you figure the FY ends 30 Sep. Anyone with a family wants to be settled so they can put their kids in school, most people have a little leave they wanna burn, and there's a whole slew of outprocessing/PCS-arrangements, and transition assistance hoops to jump through. And in the outyears, this drawdown will continue--the services, Army most notably, are contracting.