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33. How does that work if you're just staging a drive-by missile shooting to impress the press?

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Wed Sep 4, 2013, 06:05 PM

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What happens if Assad shoots back? [View all] 1-Old-Man Sep 2013 OP

Why do you assume planes will be involved? jberryhill Sep 2013 #1

Incirlik Air Base, a USAF base in Turkey, is within range of more than a thousand Syrian missiles. Xithras Sep 2013 #11

He would die Lurker Deluxe Sep 2013 #22

I know, and Assad will probably make that call depending on the severity of our attack. Xithras Sep 2013 #25

How many generals and staff are going to go down the road with him jberryhill Sep 2013 #30

Well, there's long been a question about how much control he actually has over the military Xithras Sep 2013 #38

But that would be "boots on the ground" which Obama has promised us will not happen. Obama wants you Erose999 Sep 2013 #42

Given the mutual-defense pact between Syria and Iran, any attack by us on Syria would be viewed as HardTimes99 Sep 2013 #40

missiles not planes. spanone Sep 2013 #2

While they are missiles and not planes, you postulate something that worries my slightly... Javaman Sep 2013 #3

If Assad really wanted to be an asshole Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2013 #14

Might as well. They're bound to get them anyways. Dash87 Sep 2013 #29

That's reason enough right there to try to take them out, no? jberryhill Sep 2013 #31

How does that work if you're just staging a drive-by missile shooting to impress the press? Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2013 #33

We've been dealing with loose nukes in Central Asia for a while jberryhill Sep 2013 #35

Your post could be condensed down to one word: 'clusterfuck' (or maybe HardTimes99 Sep 2013 #41

Well then Obama would have been right to attack because he's an unstable maniac? Cali_Democrat Sep 2013 #23

I believe the missles would be fired from ships, not planes Marrah_G Sep 2013 #4

Not likely... Xolodno Sep 2013 #5

Even if there aren't air strikes, Assad still has some very shiny anti-ship missiles. NuclearDem Sep 2013 #6

Then watch how fast the "it's not war" Union Scribe Sep 2013 #7

They won't, they will just move the goal posts, again. They demand to know what we expect the sabrina 1 Sep 2013 #15

Were it not for the seriousness of the issues at hand, that indeed would be well worth HardTimes99 Sep 2013 #43

Wet dream for the war-boner crowd. Iggo Sep 2013 #8

GASP. That would be a WAR CRIME. sibelian Sep 2013 #9

It'll Be A Push-Button War... KharmaTrain Sep 2013 #10

I agree with you on the battle. The military has tested robotic drone attack aircraft and bombers bluestate10 Sep 2013 #18

Oh he won't. According to the plan whatchamacallit Sep 2013 #12

Good thing you used the sarcasm emoticon. I swear it seems like half the people posting here believe HardTimes99 Sep 2013 #45

If? How about When? joeybee12 Sep 2013 #13

We'll put on our best performance of acting shocked: How dare he hit back while we're punishing him? reformist2 Sep 2013 #16

Do you think we should disband our military forces? brooklynite Sep 2013 #17

You're forgetting another way. JVS Sep 2013 #20

Hence my comment brooklynite Sep 2013 #21

? Celefin Sep 2013 #24

I don't think we'll send jets over Syria. Our submarines will launch missiles. KittyWampus Sep 2013 #19

that's not supposed to happen: in fact, in every war we've been in it wasn't supposed to happen MisterP Sep 2013 #26

Syria will probably not escalate things, it would certainly be unwise Lurks Often Sep 2013 #27

Why is it unwise for Syria to escalate, but perfectly rational for us to escalate? - nt HardTimes99 Sep 2013 #46

Where did you get the idea I was in favor of attacking Syria? Lurks Often Sep 2013 #48

That would be impossible. US military assets and soldiers are invincible. Dash87 Sep 2013 #28

What happens if those shots are at the Saudi oil fields? Coyotl Sep 2013 #32

Syria will be fully entitled to attack our ships and other assets before we fire any HardTimes99 Sep 2013 #34

Actually the question has been asked... Chan790 Sep 2013 #37

Thanks for the detail and analysis. I don't have cable so rely mostly on what HardTimes99 Sep 2013 #39

If? More like when.... But I think that was the whole point from the start n/t Taitertots Sep 2013 #36

We've got them pretty solidly outgunned. backscatter712 Sep 2013 #44

We'll escalate as has always been intended? DirkGently Sep 2013 #47