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Sadly, some people in Congress can't figure that out.
More accurately, Russia and China will never allow it.
If the strikes result in both sides wearing each other down relatively equally, that simply accelerates the end of the war at the same time not making us a paper tiger. We don't actually want to remove Assad until the extremest elements in the Syrian rebels are diminished. It may be possible to do both at the same time.
The bolded assumes that the "good" anti-Assad forces will prevail, which is not evident in Syria and was not the case in Egypt or Libya. It has taken Pakistan decades to get to the point of its president, elected for a five year term, to be able to survive it. At best the plan for a "mini war" will weaken Assad's forces, which will allow the "bad" anti-Assad forces to direct more of their efforts to eliminating the "good" anti-Assad forces.