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36. I don't think it is a rumor but all sides are posturing for the upcoming conference on Syria.

Wed May 29, 2013, 12:11 PM

May 2013

All sides are acting tough leading up to this conference.

One side threatens to sell Assad anti-aircraft missiles that he has been trying to buy from them since 1991 with no success. Some doubt that Russia really intends to sell them now and can't deliver them before the conference starts anyway, but it presents a tough image before the conference.

The other side says it is dusting off plans for a no-fly-zone without UN authorization - something that it has studiously avoided doing for 2+ years. Asking the Pentagon to draw up a contingency plan for a NFZ sounds like a diplomatic PR move to sound tough for the conference. The Pentagon has a thousand contingency plans for possible events all over the world. It is hard to imagine that in the past 2+ years no one at the Pentagon has given any thought to how to implement a NFZ if directed to do so.

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Exclusive: Obama Asks Pentagon For Syria No-Fly Zone Plan [View all] DonViejo May 2013 OP

Pentagon is pushing as long as they are ready jakeXT May 2013 #1

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2013 #33

No. This is an incredibly stupid idea. Comrade Grumpy May 2013 #2

No, it is not. SkyDaddy7 May 2013 #31

Yes it is because it is unlikely to be successful. pampango May 2013 #32

How did the UK and France get rowed into this idea ? dipsydoodle May 2013 #3

What makes you think they were rowed into it? nt geek tragedy May 2013 #7

I don't recall previous mention here of a no fly zone being put in place dipsydoodle May 2013 #12

UK and France were the ones who dragged the US into Libya. geek tragedy May 2013 #13

Neither of those John2 May 2013 #16

Indeed. dipsydoodle May 2013 #17

The UN just unleashed the pit bulls: ucrdem May 2013 #30

Neocolonial fever dreams... Comrade Grumpy May 2013 #35

It begins, Obama wants to play with his army men again........fucking disgusting. bowens43 May 2013 #4

Do we really want to get involved in this mess? premium May 2013 #5

Rah! Rah! War! War! War! KamaAina May 2013 #6

Glad to hear it. nt Pragdem May 2013 #8

No. Berlin Expat May 2013 #9

I have a feeling that Harmony Blue May 2013 #10

I think if he commits John2 May 2013 #11

I call this a rumour stevil May 2013 #14

I hope you are right, John2 May 2013 #18

and here is the RT link BelgianMadCow May 2013 #34

I don't think it is a rumor but all sides are posturing for the upcoming conference on Syria. pampango May 2013 #36

Yay! Let's help MORE al-Qaeda and Muslim Brotherhood types take over! MrSlayer May 2013 #15

Russian soldiers killed by Americans . . . another_liberal May 2013 #19

This is what angers me! John2 May 2013 #20

"Just like President Johnson did." another_liberal May 2013 #21

Whatever you say! John2 May 2013 #22

We always side with the bad guys... quadrature May 2013 #23

Our Government John2 May 2013 #26

Oh Great! Robbins May 2013 #24

too late now upi402 May 2013 #25

Yes, let's protect al-Qaeda from a genicidal war criminal. jessie04 May 2013 #27

Miami Herald piece from earlier this month: Before jumping into Syria, answer these questions. Poll_Blind May 2013 #28

Puh-leeze Benton D Struckcheon May 2013 #29