Syria: a civil war (closed)

[JMA]

Of course, a decapitation strike in Syria would lead to complete chaos as everyone fought for position in the aftermath, with no telling what kind of resulting state of affairs.

You start with the definite - "would lead to complete chaos" and have no idea of the "kind of resulting state of affairs".

You obviously have no intel and neither do I. So neither of us can tell and given the poor track record of the CIA they are most probably not in a position to advise accurately.

I hope JMA will explain to us why this is "good planning" as opposed to what he considers the U.S. record of "bad planning."

All planning is based on good intel. With no intel you go in blind. This is perhaps the reason for the US failure in such foreign interventions.

Put the intel on the table and take it from there.