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Oberon · 09-03-13, 11:52 AM

Inverse Godwins law and standard Godwins law aside. The following things are now known.

Obama has changed his langauge from hitting chemical weapons to 'degrading Assads military capabilities', which indicates that he will be looking to hit not only chemical weapons sites and delivery systems but also other key military systems such as command and control capabilities and airfields. This is likely in response to the knowledge that he will not be able to hit mobile launchers and assets so he's focusing on what he can hit with TLAMs and stand off air launched missiles, which is static targets. Senator McCain and another senator seems to have approved this, and it seems that Obama has won over key figures in the Senate.
This has increased the likelihood that the Senate vote, when it goes ahead (does anyone know when that will be?) will grant Obama permission to engage Syria.
The British, meanwhile, will very likely not be coming. Our opposition is trying to backtrack and ask the government under what circumstances it would consider a revote, but the government is not changing its position on the matter, and in a recent poll it was shown that third quarters of all those questioned supported the governments decision not to get involved.
As such, British military officials have been frozen out of the preparations for the strike, because we'd be a security risk otherwise.
The French are still eager to go, Hollande obviously thinks he can get a bit of that Sarkozy spirit, harvesting some successfull poll numbers from military action, however the French public opinion so far runs counter to his expectations.
Israel has launched a missile test in preparation for the possibility that Syria or Iran will retaliate at Israel when the US attacks, and the UN has announced that the situation in Syria has caused the worst humanitarian crisis since the 1994 Rwandan genocide, displacing over two million people.

On the other hand though, with the modern camera technology available and the internet to upload it on, there is a fascinating view of T-72 operations available:

As well as the dangers of operating in urban areas without infantry support whilst buttoned up:

Remember, when in doubt, Allahu Ackbar.

09-03-13, 11:52 AM	#9
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Inverse Godwins law and standard Godwins law aside. The following things are now known. Obama has changed his langauge from hitting chemical weapons to 'degrading Assads military capabilities', which indicates that he will be looking to hit not only chemical weapons sites and delivery systems but also other key military systems such as command and control capabilities and airfields. This is likely in response to the knowledge that he will not be able to hit mobile launchers and assets so he's focusing on what he can hit with TLAMs and stand off air launched missiles, which is static targets. Senator McCain and another senator seems to have approved this, and it seems that Obama has won over key figures in the Senate. This has increased the likelihood that the Senate vote, when it goes ahead (does anyone know when that will be?) will grant Obama permission to engage Syria. The British, meanwhile, will very likely not be coming. Our opposition is trying to backtrack and ask the government under what circumstances it would consider a revote, but the government is not changing its position on the matter, and in a recent poll it was shown that third quarters of all those questioned supported the governments decision not to get involved. As such, British military officials have been frozen out of the preparations for the strike, because we'd be a security risk otherwise. The French are still eager to go, Hollande obviously thinks he can get a bit of that Sarkozy spirit, harvesting some successfull poll numbers from military action, however the French public opinion so far runs counter to his expectations. Israel has launched a missile test in preparation for the possibility that Syria or Iran will retaliate at Israel when the US attacks, and the UN has announced that the situation in Syria has caused the worst humanitarian crisis since the 1994 Rwandan genocide, displacing over two million people. On the other hand though, with the modern camera technology available and the internet to upload it on, there is a fascinating view of T-72 operations available: As well as the dangers of operating in urban areas without infantry support whilst buttoned up: Remember, when in doubt, Allahu Ackbar.