FIRST ON CNN: U.S. military beginning review of Syria options
By Barbara Starr
Although the U.S. focus remains on exerting diplomatic and economic pressure on Syria, the Pentagon and the U.S. Central Command have begun a preliminary internal review of U.S. military capabilities, CNN has learned.
The options are being prepared in the event President Barack Obama were to call for them. Two senior administration officials who spoke about the review to CNN emphasized that U.S. policy for now remains the use of non-military options.
The focus on diplomatic options was underscored by the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations in an interview with CNN on Tuesday.
"Before we start talking about military options, we very much want to ensure that we have exhausted all the political, economic and diplomatic means at our disposal," Ambassador Susan Rice said on CNN's “Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer.”
The president has also said that the U.S. is working on non-military options first.
"I think it is very important for us to try to resolve this without recourse to outside military intervention, and I think that's possible," Obama said in an interview with NBC News that aired during the Super Bowl on Sunday.
But the military is beginning to look at what can be done. One of the senior U.S. officials called the effort a “scoping exercise” to see what capabilities are available given other U.S. military commitments in the region.
Both officials pointed out that this type of planning exercise is typical for the Pentagon, which would not want to be in the position of not having options for the president, if and when they are asked for.
It would be Gen. James Mattis, head of U.S. Central Command, who would provide details on what U.S. military assets are available, what missions they could perform if asked, and what risks U.S. forces might face.
“The Pentagon is closely monitoring developments in Syria. It wouldn’t be doing its job if it didn’t put some ideas on the table,” one of the senior U.S. officials told CNN. “But absolutely no decisions have been made on military support for Syria.”
The two officials were not willing to be identified because they were not authorized to talk to the media.
Typically those types of options are held by the Pentagon as very preliminary plans and not even forwarded to the White House unless asked for. If asked, plans are then fleshed out with specific units to support them.
In this type of analysis being done, the military would typically look at all options ranging from humanitarian relief, to support for opposition groups, as well as outright military strikes, although that is an unlikely option, both officials said.
“This remains a campaign to apply economic and diplomatic pressure,” the first official said.
The military’s work to analyze potential military options for Syria has been quietly going on for several weeks, two administration officials confirm to CNN. The bulk of the analysis is being done by staff of General Mattis, who would be the senior commander if the President were to order any action.
Mattis’ analysis is being shared with General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who would then present options to the White House, if it came to that.
“We don’t want to be in the position of suddenly dusting off some five year old plan,” one official said. The official emphasized the work is extremely preliminary but said the military would look at a full range of contingencies.
Arizona Sen. John McCain, the top Republican on the Armed Services committee, told reporters Tuesday that the U.S. should consider "all options including arming the opposition."
But U.S. officials said that adding weapons into the volatile and violent situation is not a viable option.
"We never take anything off the table. The president does (or) doesn't. However, as the president himself made absolutely clear and as the secretary has continued to say, we don't think more arms into Syria is the answer," said State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland.
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"But U.S. officials said that adding weapons into the volatile and violent situation is not a viable option."
Why not? It's been done before, at home and abroad.
wow...finally, something liberals and conservatives can agree on! Nobody wants to see Obama try to pull some more "kinetic military activity" bs in another arab he**hole!
Obama supporters are, by definition, anti-war. Conservatives don't believe this guy is qualified to operate a can opener.
I seem to remember a flurry of high level trips to Syria back in 2006...Nancy Pelosi sucking up to Assad...some kerfuffle about whether she can set US foreign policy as speaker.
Military intervention is off the table, but Assad is absolutely a bad actor. You can't leave it to the domesic resistance, or else you get a Libya or Egypt...or worse, you'd get a West Iran...
Maybe that's what we're heading for...a proxy war with Iran/Russia/China playing out in the wake of Assad's death or removal
It is ALREADY a west Iran
I don't think this is the only thing the left and right agree on. The congressional approval rating now stands at 10 give or take 4 points. 86% of Americans disapprove. I'm guessing the only Americans who approve are in mental institutions.
yeah obama should do kinetic actions in his arab hole... cause he's an arab... he should act in his own hole...
Really, now, since the Middle East will not be in a state of natural peace until there is an ultimate, military conflict, would it not be more practical to determine whether Hillary's public appearance is more appealing in a drab pant suit with a normal hairstyle than in a normal dress with a drab, pull-back hair style?
Where is Iron man/ Mr Tony stark when you need him?
"There are three reasons I deal with women: sex, money, or making me sandwiches. And unless she's planning on going into my kitchen and slapping some ham between two slices of bread... this conversation is over." Syrian President {parody)
WARMONGERING AT ITS BEST....RON PAUL 2012 OR MORE OF THE SAME
I'm confused what are the 'Syria developments" which are so dire that we have to get involved in another pointless war? Is it just me, or is this article very unclear on what exactly we're trying to solve? I'm so completely tired of war after war.
Guess it's Ron Paul 2012 or bust....
You must not have been following any news at all for the past several months. The straight up slaughter of thousands of civilians is a recent "Syria development" that needs to be solved, and absolutely justifies war. Ask any civilian in Homs whether or not it would be a, as you say, "pointless war". Turn on a TV and learn a thing or two about whats going on in our world. Oh, and in Afghanistan, vehicles are blown up, fire fights are drawn out, and people die every single day, and the majority of the people in the States barely even notice, so don't complain about being "so completely tired of war" unless you've been there and suffered alongside everyone else there.
shows how gullible you are to respond to this guy and tell him it's because of syrian civilians being slaughtered. The syrian government has only killed terrorists in its country. Alqueda terrorists is the 400 that were killed. They didnt kill their own civilians. that's just propaganda so that you support the war and to make it looks justified. SAme as in Libya. pretty obvious if you are a professor of history and military actions as I am.
Seems as if Ron Paul is the only hope for no war and, correspondingly, for no financial break-down of the USA union.
Syrian soldiers fight like a South American army. They can REALLY tear up unarmed civilians but when they go up against REAL soldiers they get their asses kicked. We could probably defeat the Syrian Army with a few unmanned drones. The Army MUST know they are committing crimes against their own people. I wouldn't want to be in their shoes when this is over.
people like you are so retarded to believe that the military is killing its own people. the military has its own family out there and that's not whats happening. the military is attacking terrorists that are not syrian people. you are brainwashed.
The White House held an Emergency Meeting. The group hypervintilated for five-minutes before vomiting out their nerves into the nearest trash-can. A hastily assembled bunch-of-bagels were brought in and everyone chomped on them quickly, to buy time and avoid dealing with the situation. As tension mounted one person whispered, "shouldn't we remove the Communist Manifesto from the table?" At which, quick action was taken. As the panic died down, and no decisions were made, the cast of Socialists retired to their bedrooms where they enjoyed troublesome sex.
That's probably closer to the truth than we imagine. How did these fools get in power? Oh now I remember....voter fraud!!!
Those UNDOCUMENTED DEMOCRATS sure can pick 'em!
pick em. like rush's nose at the super bowl- or sandy oconnor anointing dumbya over gore
That was a West wing episode,salted bagels if I remember correctly , the sex was forced ,unloving. Martin Sheen full frontal ,while the band played A Long Way to Tipperary.
We keep giving people of the world the opportunity to endorse our philosophy of freedom and liberty and in the end they revert to the way they have always lived. That's why things never change in that region of the world. We don't need to get involved in any more nation building because we've had a pretty poor track record of doing that. And in the meantime, our young men and women are losing their lives for people that never embrace what they could have. Defending ourselves and our nation should be job one. Teaching a man to fish is great if he picks up the pole each day on his own. I'm a strong conservative and McCain's an idiot.
Ditto, and lets take care of our borders.
Did you see ABC news yesterday or Monday showing fighting in Syria? Did you see the mom in the usual long dress and head scarf screaming, pounding her head with both hands because the government gunners had shot off her little boy's foot? The reporter was translating. She screamed Give Us Guns Give Us Guns Give Us Guns So That We Can Defend Ourselves!! Oh boy do we owe Madison, Jefferson and that brilliant bunch of GREAT men who protected us by having our Founding Documents give us the Constitutional Right to keep and bear Guns. We might be the only country ever on the face of this planet who have that right, and thugs have tried since our Founding to take them away from us... even that jewess Supreme Court Judge was telling Egypt not to model their Constitution after ours... to use Europe or other... That babe swore an Oath of Office to uphold the Constitution of the United States of America, yet set her boney butt arrogantly saying she had to work under a Constitution that was too old. Hey, everybody send that skank a mirror. Yeah, that's why she wants to defame our Great Constitution, because she wants those Arab countries to have tyrants and doesn't want the people to have guns to point at the heads of tyrants like WE CAN DO HERE. If it weren't for our Constitution, including our guns, that INGRATE would be speaking German if able to speak at all. She is a TRAITOR to the USA because she has defamed our Founding Document. OUT OUT OUT.
This current radical America hating president we now have in the White House wishes we were like the citizens of Syria, unarmed. Well mister president, we do cling to our guns and religion and don't you forget it. We are a well armed citizenry.
And to think the morons in Congress like the witch of the Arkansas Nightmare are going to set the Syrians "free"? What a joke. The control junky mama herself. What does that freak have in her to get on the front of Drudge. She's so freaking ugly she'd stop a camel in its tracks. I am serious. Wretched she is. We leave every place we go worse than it was. Tunisia? People want the old regimes back. Seriously. Egypt. Sharia law now. Libya. Doctors without borders claims there are more torture cases than ever. Black Sub-Saharan peoples are on the death lists, because they lived well under Ghaddafi, and supported him. One of the highest literacy rates in Africa Libya had, now they are under Sharia law. FOX, CNN will not cover this. We screwed up Iraq. We are screwing up Afghanistan and we are losing ground in our latest Viet Nam charade. Yet! At our border over 60K people counted have been killed in the last 10 years, in drug terror and drug army battles with the Mexican Army, who have asked us to intercede fairly in this deadly war. Our response? Go to Syria. We are a laughable joke and I really understand fully why the rest of the world hates. They are not jealous of us. They can't stand the smell of our loony stupidity. We are 30 years late for a revolution.
everyone who is a member of the CFR and bilderberg group are terrorists and guilty of treason
Wonder what China and Russia will do if the U.S. goes into Syria. The warmongers in this country apparently haven't had enough.
there'll be war...probably ww3...and guaranteed the Zionists will have had NOTHING to do with startin it....take that to the bank
Better yet, maybe NO parachute.
Better yet, maybe on parachute.
Why don't we strap a parachute on Odumba and drop him in.
Why bother with the parachute?
Where is the Arag League this time ? Let's suggest they do the " latrine patrol duty" this time.
What is obvious...is the Arab Spring is turning into the Arab Winter.
Jihadist Intolerant thugs .....are not what the
free world ,women & other religions are looking for.
We have a [Chicago punk] we send home. That'll allow us to clean up our own mess first.
So!!!.... check back with American... on Nov 5th.
The arab league is lookng for little boys.
Great telling photo of Hillary. And I thought Pelosi was 'bat-sh*t crazy".
Can you imagine looking at that every day ?
Holy cow, and cow it is.
right. she sure aint no callistula
oh please she's gorgeous.....gorgeously fuuuuuuuuuuuglyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
Can't you see this is all happening to get you to wake up. Obedience to biblical law made us great, that was our founding not the US Constituion. Want to be free-Obey.
I think we should take ANY opportunity to strike back at the Iranians. It's time they found out that we are NOT paper tigers.
are you amongst the ranks of our military saying this?
We are paper tissue kittens in the eyes of the world as long as Obama is at the controls. I am non-military–but I read history. Especially the history of Neville Chamberlain and Hitler in the late '30's. Apparently Obama marked himself "Present" and went to the smoking lounge with the rest of the non-readers at Harvard and missed the class.
It's a good thing for the civilized world when moslems are killing each other.
I hope they keep up the good work.
right. youre a paper asshole
But we are paper tigers – – at least our paper money is. Another big cost like a war will just about finalize tearing our paper money up so that our living standard will plummet. Some of these war mongers won't care until it's too late.
The point has arrived where it's choosing between guns and butter; we won't be able to have both this time around. I for one am simply not up to being (and financing) the world's policeman. My father fought in the war to end all wars (WWI); I was in the US Army in WWII. Neither did any lasting good. But here we are again, blowing our people and wealth on another adventure. What's that definition of insanity??
you said strike back... they never striked for us to strike back
Why is it that the very people most critical of Bush's wars keep getting us involved in new conflicts? Why must the US be the world's policeman? Why must we support a popular uprising that will just create another religious controlled state. Let's be real – why waste our money and put servicemen and women in danger.
Right now all US troops should be withdrawn from Afghanistan and once out – all funding to Pakistan should be cut. Our budget debt is growing every day – we need to cut back on this madness.
A Democrat friend of mine is foaming at the mouth to invade Syria. WTFO? How is Iraq a "bad" war and Syria a "good" one? Obama is playing with fire..
Why don't we strap a parachute on him and Odumba and drop them in ?
If we get involved in Syria like we did in Libya by using the U.N. as an excuse we will create another Al Qaida and
muslim brotherhood terrorist state like we did in Libya. I was posting that the so called fredom fighters were terrorists
and we were helping them while it was going on. Obama achieved another one of his goals to help his terrorist buddies
take over another country. If he gets us involved in Syria it will be the same thing.
Great picture of Hillary, It shows who she really is. A MEAN SPIRITED UGLY WITCH.
BUT ISN'T SHE BEAUTIFUL....I MEAN FUUUUUGLYYYYY...NO WONDER BILL HAD HUNDREDS OF WHORES
Obama lied, people died. War for oil. Meet the new guy, same as the last guy. What a fraud.
Shhhhhh, America, dont mention Waco. Wouldn't want to look like a hypocrite would you?
Why? If we help them, they'll hate us, if we don't they'll hate us...... Why risk our service members?
A well placed thermo-nuclear device would make a coffee table of the entire region.
Then the survivors could go back to following their sheep around, which is their natural calling.
Oil only confuses them.
following sheep around? they be right behind ya newtie
"we don't think more arms into Syria is the answer," Too bad Russia doesn't have that policy.
We have not compelling reason to order our troops to get involved. In every conflict where "the people" are pushing for "democracy", whether Egypt, Lybia, Syria, Bahrain, Yemen, Jordan, we will learn to dread the end product because the democracy they will get will look just like a Caliphate under the iron rule of Islamists.
It's very interesting how CNN spins and reports mostly liberal news. Important issues like religious freedom over forcing the church to condone contraception distribution id buried and hardly mentioned. I've noticed this on many things. Of course they will probably also prevent this comment as they have done to me many times. Does CNN not know free peoples are watching the press.
Sure they know it, but they don't care. The aim of CNN and other liberal news sources (that means most of them) is to sway the ignorant...the folks who won't look deeper than the surface to learn what's really happening. They're also the ones who decide elections.
All this talk of Zionist control. How about a common heritage beginning with the Bible as a reference point for our support of the Jewish state; maybe 6,000,000 more reasons because of Europe's turning away from their Christian and against their Jewish heritage. Bankers are not the reason – it this the child-like minds of the Arabs and Islamic populations where less than one-of-ten followers of Mohammend can read, hence they "listen" to the Koran's teachings. Kinda reminds me of CNN, ABC, CBS and MS-NBC who parrot what the DNC's talking points are day after day. Democrats somehow hate Religion except when they can bash for political gain.
CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC.... on and on and also Reuters and AP are owed by Jews. The Rothschilds own Reuters and AP. So do you still think you get good information about the arabs from your sources. Don't you find it strange that all of our wars seem to be against Israel's enemies. Don't you find it strange that the biggest breaker of UN sanctions is Israel. Don't you find it strange that The MSM does not tell you how racist a country Israel is. I could go on and on but if you are a shill I am spinning my wheels and if you are uninformed, maybe you will do some further research before sharing your ignorance openly.
Hate Jews huh?
Ted Turner is a Jew????? I didn't know that. Wow. Live and learn.
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Let them kill each other.
The only good thing about Muslims is that they kill more Muslims than anyone.
The Arab people are a failed people. They produce absolutely nothing for the world. All they have is oil and dictators. They have no universities that anybody wants to go to. They kill each other when they cannot reach Westerners. We need to stay out of that freaking place. Let them kill each other.
Obozo will go to war just to get re-elected and I hope Americans are smarter than that.
KNOW WHAT. I COULDN'T CARE LESS ABOUT SYRIA. LET MUSLIM KILL MUSLIM.
The control freak Rothschild banks and Zionists that run this world want to remove the existing government in that country and install their puppets and their bank. Like they did in Libya. Iran is next on the list.
They don't like governents and banking systems they don't control and they will use any excuse to make the changes they need to have control.
Keep in mind, this is the woman who supported the miscreants who spat upon our troops when they returned from battle.
Let the islamos murder each other, that many less we have to use our own bullets on. If the communist obama wants to intervene, give him an M16 and dump him off a plane. Libya was BS and so is the communist islamo moslim USURPER osama obama.
If our Muslim friends called Condi the "Black Widow", then Hillary must be the "Wicked Witch of the West"!!!
If I were Bill, well, I'd be off to London to soil a blue dress......
It's absolutely amazing that Americans have no clue how much control does Jewish and Israelis have control over US policies over their own nation. The wars are fought in the name of American security instead of te Jewish interests.
Sorry "Tony" your syntax betrays you.
lol
I do and I know that the Zionist are behind all the latest wars. We give two thirds of all our foreign aid to three countrys... Israel, Egypt and Saudi Arabia and they are all wealthy countrys. We give it to Egypt and Saudia Arabia to support the puppet governments there and we give it to Israel because they have so much control over our country that it is amazing that so many people don't see it
What is wrong with this country? I am Canadian and used to feel proud to live here but now just want to run from this cheap ideology of entitlement to police the world on China's dime which by the way folks we are living on and they vetoed intervention...Just reality... Hello...They are Communist and so are the Russians rooted in it's ideologies. With images of Khadaffi killed by his own brutally which is the way of dictatorial phylosiphy including our own except we use "shock and awe" bombs to produce the same stuff... we are hated by the rest of the world and do any of you think than anyone would come to our rescue???? NO!!!!
Go back to Canada.
That all you could come up with?...really?
The question that needs asking is. Is Obama using US Military power to assist in installing a caliphate in the Middle East?
As one of the above writers noted Christians always come out on the short end when this admin acts militarily. So if someone were to ask me I would have to say that the answer is yes that is exactly what is going on here.
Couple this action with the assault on the Catholic church with the directive about birth control and I think Christians are under assault here as well.
This is a very interesting, thoughtful comment and worth considering as a possible explanation to what the hell is going on.
the answer is... obama is making money... money money money... morons... its about money money money... its not about a stupid fucking nigger...
someone tell Matthew to get that scaryass picture of the witch off the site.
she looks like a menapusal freakshow at a burgerking, ready to throw down over a wopper malfunction.
Great call could not say it better...
well said, she is one demonic piece of filth
Good Lord...
Could you envision looking at HILLARY and listening to her phony cackle for four years?
'cause if Obama slides down any further, you'll be longing for the days when you had to listen to his droning self-admiration....
Hillary is a-comin'....
Syria doesn't have a "country" but a Police state run by a mafia. If Assad's family gets killed off, another family rises to power. When will American's look at the world as it is, not as how it should be. Thousands of years of rivalries, feuds, family killings are not going to produce a Thomas Jefferson in Syria.
Let them figure it out without our troops, weapons or troops, as they say, "God willing."
The US has no vital interest in Syria. One of America's biggest ass-hats, Sen McCain, has called for our military intervention there which is a perfect argument for not getting involved. When Her Highness and Prince Obama start beating the war drums, there is absolutely no doubt that US military intervention in Syria is a world class mistake. I've paid my ticket in two wars of intervention and claim the right to object: it will be the young service people who will get killed in any Syrian-Iranian-Russian conflict and it's damned well not worth it!
The choice in 2008 election was McCain and Obama. That was no choice at all. This time there is a choice. I really think that Ron Paul is the only choice to get out of this warfare/welfare "merry-go round". But I'm really afraid that the war mongers will prevent his success. They know that war is beneficial for their kind of government.
This from a Nobel Peace Prize winner.....
Well we are approaching election time and BO has got to prove his manhood.
I think you are spot on here. I think the more countries that are toppled during Obama's reign, the more ego strokes he gets. Change, indeed...
Just send arms to the Syrian resistance and let them butcher each other. I would love to see Assad's carcass paraded through the streets by Syrians....
I am really pleased by the number of people who do not want us to stick our nose into Syria and "police" another country. syria is no threat, and we have no business interfereing in its affairs.
The american people are tired of "policing" the world. We can't afford it anyway. The Cold War is responsible for the uncontrolllable Presidency and federal government. It is why we have the $15 trillion debt. Come home, america. Bring those jobs back home we sent to China and other thrid world "developing nations". Come hom and protect our borders from an illegal invasion. The Cold War is over.
And that's her glamour shot.
Muslims killing each other? LET THEM, I AM TIRED OF THIS USA HAVING TO STEP IN EVERY TIME!!!! STOP THIS GARBAGE, WE ARE DROWNING IN DEBT!!!! RON PAUL 2012 OR WE ARE DOOMED!!!!!!!!
I agree to get the hell out of there but I think Ron "Barney Fife" Paul is too much of a whack job to be president. You probably just want him to be president so he can legalize drugs....Frankly, I think all are idiots, to include our president.
He is the only non-puppet of the elite and he is a good man, the only one who supports the constitution and sound money. The attackers of Ron Paul are either misinformed or shills, it is that simple
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Syria and the Iran
McCain says "the bloodletting has got to stop." Why? So our life blood can flow instead?
Seven years in a North Vietnamese prison and he didn't learn a darn thing! How sad!!
McCain is a moron....a war hero, but a moron none the less.
Send Chelsea, Malia and Sasha......not my sons or daughters.
nor my children ether.
Just so you know. The only way your sons or daughters would be sent in to war would be because the VOLUNTEERED to go. Our entire military force is VOLUNTARY! There hasn't been a draft in my lifetime and I'm 38. You baby boomers need to stop seeing everything through the lens of Vietnam. Times have changed. All those who are in combat signed up for the job. If they didn't realize what joining the military would entail, then who's fault is that?!
I am a veteran. My oldest son fought in Afghanistan and Iraq, and #2 son will be commissioned in June. Spare us the lecture on the volunteer force. Again, let's see the children of our political masters put their skin in the game.
Spoken like someone who has never served a day in his life. Soldiers join to defend this country not police someone else's. If people would stop paying lip service to our troops and actually support them they would vote Ron Paul 2012
So, Obama wants his own little war and the media is OK with that. Funny, they were OK with Bill Clinton's many military adventures, too, but they railed about both Bush's wars and Reagan's. Funny how that works out, the 90% Democrat media carries water for warmongering Democrats but throws stones at Republicans who do the same.
I agree with you. Funny how that always works out.
How is America to be believed around the world when our sec of state looks and sounds like 'Aunt Bee' from Maberry? Actually, I think Hillary has done a fair job all things considered.
Aunt Bee was a sweetheart..............Hillary? well the photo is worth a thousand words
Do you think Bill is still sleeping with this hag?
B1tch, both Democrats and Republicans are tired of you people sending our children to war for the vested interest in big business and your kids get to stay in posh frat houses and go to collage. We are tired of dying for worthless causes.
As sad and maybe even a little inhumane, it's time to close our borders, start taking care of our own and let the religious fanatics in the middle east battle it out between themselves. They don't like or appreciate our meddling anyways so why bother? We're going broke policing the world. Enough is enough!
Clinton is a neo-con lunatic who wants to start WW3.
When are we gonna start letting these a$$holes just kill each other off? This has been going on all my fifty-five year life and it's not one scintilla better than it was the day I was born. There is no changing that part of the world. We have two Holy Books filled with glorious stories of the wars and slaughter and genocide that they revel in, so its been going on for all of recorded history.
Stop trying, United States.
Give everyone who wants to attack any country over there – a pair of boots, a blue helmet and a french speaking commander and tell them to have at it! This is beyond stupid and anyone who supports this deserves to be sent over to promote it... hand to hand combat style – Obama and Hillary first!
Where's code pink?
code pink and Cindy Sheehan are still around, the media won't cover them when it's a demoncrat in office.
Hmm. Went into Kosovo messed things up real bad for the Christians. Went into Iraq, messed things up real bad for the Christians. Supported the Egyptian revolt, messed up things even worse for the Copts. Now Syria. Once again the Christians will be the losers. Good luck America.
To: G. Gepristands
Right on! You have it exactly right.
How pathetic are the Arabs, despite all their bravado and tough guy, Bedouin crap. Why can't the Arab League handle this?
To: Barbara Starr,
Why not ask the war monger talkers to get their kids into the service and defend this country. Its easy for these crooked politicians to talk big when none of their families is in the service. And if they was,,, you know they would be back stateside.
"a preliminary internal review of U.S. military capabilities"
I'd say with two wars going on already the US's capabilities would be stretched trying to do crowd control at a Justin Bieber concert.
Can some one put that rabid dog down. Let Russia do the negotiating the USA doesn't know how to deal diplomatically.
Iran??? They mention everyone BUT Iran (including when they show the graphics of Syrias neighbors "Turkey, Lebanon, Iraq, Israel". I think Iran is a neighbor of Syria... I think there's a connection between Hezbullah and Syria too...so why doesn't CNN include Iran in the list of "neighbors"???
I doubt it's an innocent oversight either. I'm scratching my head. No bias in journalism??? This brings that whole idea into question once again.
ok...never mind...you learn something new every day...Iran is EAST of Iraq, and doesn't border Syria. Still...isn't there a connection between Iran and Syria in regards to terrorism???
Looks like Hillary's saying BITE THIS!
Dear U.S.A,
You know we don't have any money right? 15 Trillion in debt ringing any bells?
Sincerely,
*uck!ng Taxpayer
Well, if the Ruthschild Bankers want us to go to war with Syria, what choice do we have?
The only reason to plan going in Syria is to be close to Iran. This is another strategy planned by the israeli and Jewish control of the US congress and the administration.
Obama is such a jerk. He and Clinton will do anything to get re-elected. Please someone tell me which side in Syria are the good guys? There aren't any good guys. They're all fruitcakes. We should stay out of it.
Here we go. Policeman to the world again. Somebody please explain how this is worth the loss of one American life and one taxpayer dollar. Memo to Hillary: What part of "We are broke" do you not understand?
I'm sure the Assad regime is shaking in its jackboots.
Brothers – where have you been. I feel like I've found my home. I've been wasting away at the Huffington Post fighting with all of those far left liberal losers. I always thought CNN's post-ers would be ultra lefties, but I've found a home with conservatives here. Now, mark my words. The mighty Obag will start a war before the elections to look like a tough guy and to try to harbor the votes of those who will be wary of changing commanders while we're at war. Hope not...
I am putting on a good fight at Huff-Post. Most of them there are ill-imformed people, so I love to destroy them.
Well, what do you expect? They get their news from the echo chamber. They hear the same mis-information over and over from the usual suspects in the mainstream media.
So they're certain of their opinions, no matter how unfactual and illogical those opinions may be.
Anyone doubt that BHO is a Muslim, who happens to hate Israel and the USA. That he and Hillary seem hell bent on removing leaders and installing the Muslim Brotherhood.
My Thanks goes out to all the Women, Minorities, Liberals, and Blacks who put this guy into office...Thanks a lot.
Owen. Don't forget the self-hating professors.
We should have been in Syria a year ago. People are dying, women and children. To hell with Russia and China. We need to stop this NOW!
So you are saying we should go to war again?
Nice lib mindset you have there
It's too complcated. We should stay out of this one, just like we should have stayed out of Libya. It's a mess over there right now. Unfortunately, people have always been dying. There was a genocide going on in Rwanda while Bill Clinton was receiving hummers in the Oval Office. It is what it is.
I bet you were the biggest mouth screaming at Bush as being a war monger . Now that your Marxist moron president is in now it's cool to get into another war. F Syria , let them kill each other . They have been having tribal wars there for 10 thousand years . You're another knucklehead who actually believes these Middle East societies are anywhere close to developing a democratic culture. They may have jean and cell phones but they are still living in the 12th century.
The problem here in the west is all of the "smart people" impose upon other cultures our western values and then dictate what we should do to fix their mess.
Yea, they hate each other and want to kill each other. But let us Kafir show up, then they all will begin hating us. Once we leave, they'll resume hating each other again. It's irrational, but then again, that's how they roll over there.
...continued, and THAT'S why there are so many totalitarian regimes in the Middle East! To keep warring tribes from killing each other. Remove the totalitarian regime, and all hell breaks loose. That's what's happening in Egypt AND Libya.
I was thinking the exact same thing!
The attitude and behavior of this once great Republic is cowardly and disgraceful. The country lacks the will, determination, courage, and soon the resources to influence and defeat tyrants in the world. These are very sad times.
The attitude and behavior of this once great Republic is cowardly and disgraceful. The people lack the will, determination, courage, and soon the resources to influence and defeat tyrants in the USA and the UN. These are very sad times. ITS NOT our business! What if a civil war breaks out in America next month? Do you want other countries invading us? Who is funding the Syrian Rebels? Who funded the Libyan Rebels? Who founded Hamas? The Muslim brotherhood? thesis-antithesis-synthesis or problem-reaction-solution. The west causes the problem and then conveniently has a solution, and you fall for it every time.
"Wag the Dog", baby! It's an election year so start a war. It works every time....
Should Israel still give the Golan back to these guys. Still UN policy.
Israel should give the Golan heights back if they're interested in committing suicide. The UN should not be allowed to dictate when a nation must commit suicide!
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They're just arabs. Let them have at it! they are the best at culling thier own herds when they breed outside their cultural (such as it is) limits. Just wait until iraq and iran get into it again, there will be real estate aplenty after the next round. Say I'm wrong! You know I'm not. 2K+ years of history back me up.
Everyone expects a revolution in an Arab state to produce a George Washington. I'm sure Jimmy Carter thought Khameme would be just like the nice Baptist Preacher fellow down the street.
The next guy in the door is worse than the last one was. That is their system. That adn an unworldly affection for bombs.
Wars need to be started to continue with cultivating the one world order take over, so it is inevitable that nuclear war needs to be started in that region...its only a matter of time. obama is only a puppet...look past the puppet
It is not our role nor our priority to intervene in Syria's civil war. Wouldn't it have been strange for a Middle Eastern country to have sent troops over to intervene in our War between the States?
They did. they were just brought here without their consent. Thier Tribal Leaders and Kings SOLD them....just like you will be sold. Better wake up....Islam is NO religeon of PEACE.
Not you, but so many Chickenhawks here. It's just too good to spam.
Muslim brothers, not everyone over here hates your children. It's only a Chickenhawk minority here that's never known what it's like to do an honest days work. God is great, and so is Al-lah.
Get a life....and while you're at it....make some more cartoons for the children o the middle east that glorify SUICIDE BOMBERS. You flipping DOLT.....(look that one up burka boy)
c'mon, you don't really believe that islam crap do you? 47 virgins? Please, somebody just made that up to give the hopeless hope. islam is just a 2nd century method of population control. Oooh-someone drew a cartoon of mud-hamma-off with their head! ain't we enlightened? nothing but sheep herding.
Where is the Arab leugue in all this? Or OPEC? Or whatever...let the Arabs take care of their own. If only we had entered Iraq for oil!, Then it would have made some sense!
Yeah! The US will end your war for 10 years worth of free oil!
No way will any US President have the smarts to do something that helps the regular average tax-paying Joe!
Of course the war drums are now beating against Syria. Yes, terrible problems within that country, but as Rahm Emmanuel once said (he's the e=defacto mayor now of Chicago-former obamanite), "Never let a good crisis go to waste". Gee...this is a chance to get radical Islam into Syria, and, just like our none-war with Egypt-thanks to Obama, use our own boys, risking their precious lives, in order to do it. By the way...heard how Mexican cartels; violent gangsters; violent extremists are now invading our country...using the "unguarded" northern border?? All while Obama merrily goes around the country...campaigning and ignoring the governors of those bordering states. Heard too that a "weapon of mass destruction" was just smuggled into our country in November, in one of those unguarded sites. Obama may be president, but he is acting like a militant for Soros and the Occupy Movement in overthrowing this great country as fast as he can and now, doing it boldly...arrogantly.
Sure, lets focus on Syria's unquestioned human rights' violations to deflect attention from Iran, on which this administration totally dropped the ball. Iran now, for all intents and purposes, has nuclear weapons and the Obama White House did virtually nothing to prevent this from happening. Which country presents a clear and present danger to the U.S. and its allies? Well, duh?
Who do they think they are kidding? 'Reviewing Syria options' means we already have undeclared special armed forces presence in Syria. Just like in Libya. This is a warmup to a purposeful, wider regional war. And, yes, likely domino-effect events towards WW3. Especially with Russia and China rumblings over all this.
Drop Barry and Hillary over there. Certainly, since he's so well loved and respected by muslim countries, he can convince them to stop misbehaving. If that doesn't work, he can have the UN draft a really, really strong letter to put on their permanent record. That should do it.
The Obozos and the french PM needing his Libyan and Qatar oil started this crapola snowball. Middle East chaos gets them cleansing their neighborhoods so all the helpful ...humanist ...righteous ...do-gooders can stir up the pot...blur the lines and borders and bring the cockroaches they're sick of dealing with out into the daylight ...so that they can step in...win contracts to rebuild....renegotiate oil contracts...blah-de-blah-de-blah. The travesty of ALL these conflicts are the GOOD citizens ....the ones with honest to goodness ...decent motivations are going to be annihilated in the course of this mess...leaving only the "radicals". Radical mess...radical rule....everywhere! This planet is toast!
What a HAG! She looks like some sinister Communist gulag dyke.
She is
Why is the US even considering sending our youth over there to fight? This is so stinking wrong. There are many other Muslim Countries over there who could go in and help out with their own brothers and sisters.
We need not go into any more Muslim Countries to do battle and risk loosing some of the finest young people this Country has to offer! Why on earth should we send our kids into Syria to get killed and wounded for the Muslim Brotherhood? What is it now? We go into these Countries and do the dirty work so their Country can be taken over and run by the same people who want to kill us?
And Obama says he's a Christian? I don't believe that for a minuet. Everything he's done so far tells me where his heart is. And it ain't here for this Country or Christianity!
IMPOSSIBLE!
Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize, and the world loves Obama.
clinton is an embarrassment like her husband.
Get out of the Middle East and let Israel defend itself !! Israel has over 400 Nukes !
It really makes me feel safe and secure with the Clinton bitch handling the diplomacy for our country.
Uh-huh – we all know what tyrannical dictators think of Hill-Hag's veiled threats - they stick their index, middle and ring fingers up in her rodent-like visage and tell her to read between the lines.