U.S. President Barack Obama and his top foreign policy advisers are expected to meet on Friday to consider their military and other options in Syria as Syrian and Russian aircraft continue to pummel Aleppo and other targets, U.S. officials said.
Some top officials argue the United States must act more forcefully in Syria or risk losing what influence it still has over moderate rebels and its Arab, Kurdish and Turkish allies in the fight against Islamic State, the officials told Reuters.
One set of options includes direct U.S. military action such as air strikes on Syrian military bases, munitions depots or radar and anti-aircraft bases, said one official who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.
This official said one danger of such action is that Russian and Syrian forces are often co-mingled, raising the possibility of a direct confrontation with Russia that Obama has been at pains to avoid.
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This is how you blunder into war. There is nothing going on in Syria worth fighting over. Nothing. There is no vital national interest for the USA. American prestige is not at stake. Only Obama's and Hillary's prestige is at stake and I don't care about those. It makes me wonder what is really going on. Did Assad not pay Hillary the bribe that was requested? Assad is fighting ISIS. If ISIS is the enemy, he should be our Ally, not another enemy.
ReplyDeleteIf ISIS is the enemy, he should be our Ally, not another enemy.
DeleteThat's what you get for using logic....:)