Syria conflict: 'Chemical attacks kill hundreds'

[soopaman2]

Originally Posted by August

Forget your commando raids.

To eliminate Syria's chemical weapons capability would require a full scale invasion and thorough search of the country. We're not talking about a single building that can be destroyed by a cruise missile or two.

It is munitions dumps and research facilities and assembly plants, many widely flung and probably no more pinpointed than Saddam's stockpiles were. It ain't like they advertize where they keep all off this stuff.

No this would have to be on the scale of the Iraq war to be successful. Anything less would be just useless posturing.

You are right. (edit: This cannot be solved with a few airstrikes and a commando strike)
But that Iraq thing worked out really well.

I say let them kill each other, takes the attention off trying to kill us, and if we do invade, it will just be more of us dying, and endearing them towards harsher ideals.

Let them be, no one helped America break free from Britain (Shut up French, you jumped in at the end, after we started winning)

Let them discover their own independance.

Forcing it breeds contempt, and gives them something to unify against.