GunnyGene said:Hey, y'all I've figured out what Obama's Syria strategy is. He took Joe Bidens advise about going out on the porch and firing 2 blasts from a double barrel shotgun.
“If we are saying in a clear and decisive but very limited way, we send a shot across the bow saying, ‘stop doing this,’ that can have a positive impact on our national security over the long term,” Obama said.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/08 ... z2dJh0dy1j
How can it be both ways? It ain't going to work on Syria anyway. This isn't a Naval war or the Coast guard chasing a boat. Syria is a dangerous, non-complying nation. That would be like shooting over the heads of a group of thugs hell-bent on taking your home away from you. It won't even slow them down...just give them more time to get into a better offensive position. Obama knows warfare as much as I know nuclear science...and that is squat. He figures this will get everyone's mind off his made-up scandals...and drag us into another unwinnable war with terrible consequences...
What I don't understand is why are we shooting from the hip on this? We have plans for every contingency under the sun...that's why there is a war planning center. And if we didn't have plans on Syria before the violence started, we sure as hell have had enough time to draft up something better than "shoot across their bow". If not, then all those military advisors and strategists need to work in a soup kitchen. Granted, they may have plans and barry is choosing to ignore them (at our peril). But this looks and sounds like a Key Stone Cops fire drill...and having an aircraft carrier task force bottled up in a cul-de-sac can end very badly...