UNITED STATES READY TO STRIKE IN SYRIA? DÉJÀ VU  ALL OVER AGAIN.

So, the US is ready to “strike” Islamic State forces in Syria now?

“If we see plotting against American, we see the threat to the US emanating from anywhere, we stand ready to take action against that threat”!!!!

Let me ask a simple question.

Who was that statement for?

As it all too often the case, media statements are little more than have baked “messages” to someone in a feeble attempt to convince them of something.

Let me get right to the barebones of this comment.

The US intelligence community sees “plotting” every day of the year.

If the world was to take Mr. Foley’s words true faith, the US would need a much larger Air Force!

Was the US administration taking a pounding in the eyes of the US “voting” populace?

You bet.

Did it launch a quick knee jerk reaction to this beating in the media?

Yep.

Has it now locked itself into a cycle of, “why not this time”?

Yep.

So, does yet another version of, “we really….really…mean it” have an bit to it?

No.

Does that almost force the US administration into taking further action?

Probably.

If anyone wakes up in the morning and see CNN and or MSNBC foaming at the mouth over “air strikes in Syria”, don’t be alarmed as I assure you the Islamic State forces won’t be.

But, just by chance, let’s play my favorite game;  “what if”.

What if:

The US decides to launch airstrikes inside of Syria?

How is this mission coordinated with the Genocidal leader is named Assad.

 The same Assad the US was prepared to bomb less than a year ago!

What if:

If this mission really is executed, how would  the air defense system of Assad’s forces be dealt with?

Would the US take them out prior to the missions?

Would the US “coordinate with Assad?

How would that look?

What if:

Perhaps the US would not deal with Assad, but with his Master in Tehran?

How would that look?

How would that look through, let’s say, the eyes of the GCC members?

It’s easy to see the concept of striking in Syria sounds like Tough Guy talk, but when it comes from a country whose Tough Guy track record is just this side of laughable, then what has really been accomplished?

In reality, this rhetoric posturing is just one more step into the minefield called the Middle East; a minefield the US is walking in nearly blind.

Oh, one last parting comment for today.

In the not so distant past, great nations like the US made difficult decisions and executed without giving the enemy an idea of what was coming.

When you tell someone, “ we may come after you and me may come after your key leaders in Syria”, you are knowingly allowing them to alter the outcome of your actions.

The current US administration is more than capable of taking covert actions and it has a track record of doing so.

And that is why I have to wonder, why tell the world you are thinking of taking action in Syria?

Who is that message for?

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