Will the US invade Syria before Dec. 31 2014?
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Question: Will the US invade Syria before Dec. 31 2014?
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« on: September 01, 2013, 06:11:46 PM »
I'm talking about boots on the ground here. A total war.
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« Reply #1 on: September 01, 2013, 06:22:28 PM »
I lean towards yes, but I thought the same about Libya. Of course, Syria is much denser in terms of population, and only a full scale invasion will achieve the results that Obama is aiming for. Already Syrian tanks are being hidden in preparation for the airstrikes, so once the airstrikes start, the military will push for further intervention into Syria.
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« Reply #2 on: September 01, 2013, 06:34:13 PM »
Yes
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« Reply #3 on: September 01, 2013, 06:46:06 PM »
I'm also thinking we will end up invading (and probably well before the deadline I put up). After the airstrikes, things are going to go downhill fast.
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« Reply #4 on: September 01, 2013, 06:47:45 PM »
Can we revoke his Peace Prize?
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« Reply #5 on: September 01, 2013, 06:51:28 PM »

The Peace Prize he never should have won in the first place? Hopefully!
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« Reply #6 on: September 01, 2013, 07:33:57 PM »
Hell to the n-o.
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« Reply #7 on: September 01, 2013, 07:54:07 PM »
Most likely not. We don't know though, Obama could be entirely hypocritical (once again) and turn this civil war into Bush-style intervention.
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« Reply #8 on: September 01, 2013, 08:17:49 PM »
No.
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« Reply #9 on: September 01, 2013, 08:27:14 PM »
Texas after global warming takes off.... no. Air strikes at most.
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« Reply #10 on: September 01, 2013, 08:34:08 PM »
No.
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« Reply #11 on: September 01, 2013, 08:53:26 PM »
I would assume that even Obama isn't that stupid.
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« Reply #12 on: September 01, 2013, 11:11:06 PM »
Not if the current status quo (basically stalemated multiple-front civil war between Assad and rebels who are mostly AQ-associated, but allied with some liberal and some Kurdish nationalist groups for convenience) is maintained. Which seems likely regardless of whether Obama orders a short and sharp bombing campaign or not.
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« Reply #13 on: September 01, 2013, 11:14:06 PM »
No.
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« Reply #14 on: September 01, 2013, 11:17:18 PM »
Undoubtedly. The real question is as to whether or not it will go down in recorded "official" history. We've probably pulled operations like it in about every single country around the globe.
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« Reply #15 on: September 01, 2013, 11:31:34 PM »
Quote from: Waukesha County on September 01, 2013, 07:54:07 PM
Most likely not. We don't know though, Obama could be entirely hypocritical (once again) and turn this civil war into Bush-style intervention.

It could boost his numbers so he thinks it's worth a shot by then.
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« Reply #16 on: September 02, 2013, 07:09:25 AM »
Hopefully not
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« Reply #17 on: September 02, 2013, 08:02:12 AM »
No.  Frankly this debate is rather amazing.  This suspicion that Obama was going to make it a ground war didn't exist back when this happened in Libya.
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« Reply #18 on: September 02, 2013, 09:29:59 AM »
No.
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« Reply #19 on: September 02, 2013, 10:17:18 AM »
Quote from: Peter the Lefty on September 02, 2013, 08:02:12 AM
No.  Frankly this debate is rather amazing.  This suspicion that Obama was going to make it a ground war didn't exist back when this happened in Libya.

Perhaps that's because Syria is not Libya?
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« Reply #20 on: September 02, 2013, 11:06:52 AM »
Nope.
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« Reply #21 on: September 02, 2013, 12:21:21 PM »
No. President Obama has shown that he understands the dangers of a prolonged process of nation building with American troops shouldering the heavy lifting. That is why he uses the drone program so extensively and bombed Libya. Nothing will occur in Syria outside of bombings.
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« Reply #22 on: September 02, 2013, 12:31:17 PM »
Of course not. ITT: people who don't really know anything about Obama or his foreign policy thinking.
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« Reply #23 on: September 02, 2013, 04:22:31 PM »
Hey, I hope you guys are right. I really do.

I don't think Obama even wants to bomb the country but he unfortunately continues to box himself in with some bad choices. We'll see what happens.
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« Reply #24 on: September 02, 2013, 04:24:09 PM »
I highly doubt there's going to be any, even limited, ground invasion.
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