Uncertainty Over How US Military Intervention In Syria Would End -- Anna Mulrine, Christian Science Monitor
The Pentagon says any attack could hit the Syrian regime hard, which could lead to retaliation, such as attacks on US bases. 'You should expect everything,' says Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
As President Obama prepares to make the case for a military intervention in Syria to the American people on Tuesday, senior military officials are grappling with a key question underpinning the planning of the operation: How does it end?
In other words, will it be possible to keep the intervention limited to “degrading and deterring” Syrian President Bashar al-Assad from using chemical weapons, as US officials have promised?
The crux of the operation, as it stands now, is to use cruise missiles fired from US Navy ships to target any elements of Mr. Assad’s arsenal that give him the ability to use chemical weapons on his people. This includes Syrian rockets and artillery, as well as places that US intelligence determines to be military headquarters for planning and launching chemical attacks.
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My Comment: Considering what is happening in Syria today .... mass murder, mayhem, and destruction .... no one can say with confidence that a U.S. military strike will be limited to just that.
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