tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733559733127645128.post5494330758457529845..comments2023-11-03T04:11:06.821-04:00Comments on The Hot Gates 480BC: Revised:Assad Now Makes Demands - Amanpour Plays Drama Queen Pleistarchoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11968310986316619625noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733559733127645128.post-80779110283717493802013-09-15T15:03:59.584-04:002013-09-15T15:03:59.584-04:00We need to get back to basics.
1)Is it in our n...We need to get back to basics. <br /><br />1)Is it in our national interest to keep Assad, or the rebels, from using poison gas in Syria? NO!<br />2)Is it in our national interest to prevent poison gas from crossing the borders? Perhaps...but it is too late since Assad has already put his supplies into Iraq and Lebanon.<br />3) Is it in our national interest to prevent the gas from getting into the hands of our enemies? Yes. But see #2...if we can prevent it from crossing the borders our enemies can't use them on us.<br />4) Is it in our national interest to respond if the gas is used against our allies, like Israel or NATO? Yes, because we can assume that it will then be used against us. If we can prevent it from crossing the borders this will not be an option.<br /><br />So the borders seem to be the center of gravity. Syria's borders are already crossed. Hypothetically we could have sealed them if we had the will. Now we would have to seal the Iraqi border if we had the will...just patrol it with Predators and shoot anyone who comes within 20 miles of the border on either side. Israel can do the same with Lebanon and Syria. Turkey can do the same with the Syrian border and we can seal the Syria/Iran border on the Syrian side. Any use of chemical weapons across the border would result in the perpetrator being turned to glass.<br /><br />Well, the last is a little extreme but we could bomb them back to the stone age.<br /><br />Obama's pinpricks will do nothing. It is like knocking down a hornet's nest with a stick, even though the hornets aren't a danger.. The hornets win. The bottom line is that if we can't use substantial force to protect our own interests we should stay our of the fight else the hornets will get us.George Hathawayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01983785670571898673noreply@blogger.com