Syria crisis: warplanes spotted in Cyprus as tensions rise in Damascus

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16. You mean this was a secret???

I hate to tell you, in the reports I have read, there are nothing but planning that Military people do all the time. Most such plans involved known attack routes, for those are the best (and in some cases the only) routes.

When it comes to Syria, unless we use Carriers, the options are limited. There is no way you want Israel is Join in on the attack, Assad will claim he is fighting Israeli aggression and demand support from all Arabs INCLUDING those attacking him. Worse, those Arabs attacking him would have to switch sides just to show they still oppose to Israel AND support the Palestinians. Thus Israel is out, so are any bases in Israel.

Iraq has said it will NOT permit any attack from its territory, and given how little control the central Government of Iraq has over Iraq, I have my doubts if they could give permission if they wanted to. Saudi Arabia bases are to far away, thus you have to look to Iran (who will NOT agree), Greece (who has reason to disagree, mostly starting with the word "Turkey&quot , Cyprus and Turkey.

Egypt is to far away, and under its own problems, being a base for a US attack on Syria will NOT help Egypt in its present condition. Libya is to far away, so is Italy. Russia wants no part of it, so anything north of Turkey and Iran can not be used as base of attack. Thus it comes down to Cyprus and Turkey.

Turkey is still involved in Cyprus which makes these two countries NOT willing to talk together and worse will NOT want to work together. On the other hand Turkey wants a freer hands as to its own Kurds and willing to extent its power over the rest of Kurdistan, including parts in Syria, Iraq and Iran.

Sorry, Cyprus and Turkey are the two possible bases, and thus the comments about the Turks and they refusal to work with the rest of NATO as to Syria. If you read the report, that is all it says, and anyone who understand geography and politics could see that for themselves without reading this paper.

Thus this was NOT much of a Secret, to anyone who understand geography, politics and modern military capacity.