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News #Syria Obama's Plans To Attack Syria: Can't Believe The President Is Even Considering It.
Aug 30th 2013, 22:11, by noreply@blogger.com (Robby Ball)

Southern With Sass ‏@LilSouthernSass33m U.S. Military Officer On Obama's Plans To Attack Syria: Can't Believe The President Is Even Considering It.. http://shar.es/z8X2Z  Collapse  Reply   Retweet   Favorite  Buffer    More 7RETWEETS 2FAVORITES 6:36 PM - 30 Aug 13 · Details He's not alone. Via WaPo: The Obama administration's plan to launch a military strike against Syria is being received with serious reservations by many in the U.S. military, which is coping with the scars of two lengthy wars and a rapidly contracting budget, according to current and former officers. Having assumed for months that the United States was unlikely to intervene militarily in Syria, the Defense Department has been thrust onto a war footing that has made many in the armed services uneasy, according to interviews with more than a dozen military officers ranging from captains to a four-star general. Former and current officers, many with the painful lessons of Iraq and Afghanistan on their minds, said the main reservations concern the potential unintended consequences of launching cruise missiles against Syria. Some questioned the use of military force as a punitive measure and suggested that the White House lacks a coherent strategy. If the administration is ambivalent about the wisdom of defeating or crippling the Syrian leader, possibly setting the stage for Damascus to fall to fundamentalist rebels, they said, the military objective of strikes on Assad's military targets is at best ambiguous. "There's a broad naivete in the political class about America's obligations in foreign policy issues, and scary simplicity about the effects that employing American military power can achieve," said retired Lt. Gen. Gregory S. Newbold, who served as director of operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the run-up to the Iraq war, noting that many of his contemporaries are alarmed by...

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