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Yes you are in assuming that advocates of targetting insurgent leadership believe it is a 'sliver bullet' for ending the conflict.

It is not... if correctly implemented it can and does dislocate...

Your reference relates to: "Does Killing or Capturing its Leaders Reduce a Terrorist Group’s Activity?"

Did I ever say that it did?

Would that be the only possible reason to target insurgent...

Obama seeks $500M to train, equip Syrian rebels



First he does nothing (or very little) then he does the wrong thing.

Reminds me of the Churchill quote (which is certainly applicable to this...

Oh, you are back.

Enjoy the little rant?

Seriously Steve - as I have told you before - I have little interest in discussing anything of this nature with someone with zero military background.

Yes that is always a consideration when one considers an assassination.



Yea, over the bodies of 160,000 civilians.

I guess you don't understand the concept I propose. No matter.

The theory (my theory) is that you may not actually kill him (the targeted leader) but you will drive him underground and make life as intolerable for him as he has made it for his subjects.

Let...

Well are these various situations being 'considered separately' by the recent US administrations? I don't think so. It is clearly apparent that the 'smart guys' in these Administrations are not as...

Why the surprise?

You don't remember Operation Just Cause - the US invasion of Panama in 1989 where Noriega was 'lifted'. A 80% public approval in the US for the action.

The US now certainly...

Bill, IMHO there is also a place for the use of surrogates but with the caveat that the potential for a spill over of unintended consequences have been carefully considered.

I have mentioned - in...

Sadly it is apparent that the US and the West (may as well tar everyone with the same brush) have once again proved to be hopelessly incompetent when it comes to foreign policy.

In the case of the...

Syria chemical weapons: the proof that Assad regime launching chlorine attacks on children

Lucky for Assad and any others there is no red-line on the use of chemicals.

then:

Syria Missed...

Syrian rebels who received first U.S. missiles of war see shipment as ‘an important first step’

John McCain with Charlie Rose

At about 19:00 they move on to Syria.

Besieged and terrified … and the food is about to run out for Damascus refugees



Who gives a rats ass about the starving kids I hear from the so-called great and civilised nations of the world....

Canadian-funded study explores how foreign fighters in Syria use social media

Well who knows what the WH is thinking? Does anyone? Do they themselves?

See this:

Advanced U.S. Weapons Flow to Syrian Rebels



Too late... up to their elbows in blood and getting deeper....

Exactly, so don't feed the ....

Raising specter of genocide, US Ambassador Power slams ‘industrial-style slaughter’ in Syria

The problem:



While Power obviously cares the WH does not. Listen to this clown:

Good luck with the book... be sure to announce when its available.



That is why they are only up to their elbows in blood and not up to their armpits.



Agreed, the US approach is one of...

Back in 2012 I said the Syrian rebels should not be armed. Here

The result of arming the rebels is plain for all to see. The genie is out of the bottle. Idiots.

Edward Luttwak wrote the...

LOL ... nice try... now go read what Samatha Power has said (for starters)

Crowbat, I see you have met my 'friend' from the boonies.

Replies just encourage him.

What happended to this? Did it really happen?

Yes, quite delusional.

The CIA - and thereby the US - is up to its elbows in blood in Syria. Sadly the 'involvement' of the US has once again been misguided and misdirected... also once again at a...

Don't read too much into this as the military - a good military - will always prepare contingency plans so as not to be caught off balance by the wild swings in policy of the political class.
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