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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Disastrous Consequences of a U.S. Military Attack on Syria
http://www.alternet.org/world/exploring-disastrous-consequences-us-military-attack-syriaThe guided-missile destroyer USS Ramage sails near the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt during daily flight operations off Oman on February 7, 2009, in a photo from the US Navy website.
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Possible Consequences of A U.S. Military Attack on Syria
*As U.S. warships gather off the shores of Lebanon to launch Tomahawk Cruise missiles at targets in Syria, we can make some educated guesses of what the unintended consequences could be:
*Syrian anti-aircraft batteries will fire their rockets at incoming U.S. missiles.
*Many Syrians on the ground will die and both the U.S. and Syrian governments will say the deaths are the fault of the other.
*The U.S. Embassy in Damascus will be attacked and burned, as may other U.S. Embassies and businesses in the Middle East.
Syria might also launch rockets toward the U.S. ally in the regionIsrael.
*Israel would launch bombing missions on Syria as it has three times in the past two years and perhaps take the opportunity to launch an attack on Syrias strongest ally in the region Iran.
*Iran, a country with a population of 80 million and has the largest military in the region untouched by war in the past 25 years, might retaliate with missiles aimed toward Israel and toward nearby U.S. military bases in Afghanistan, Turkey, Bahrain and Qatar.
*Iran could block the Straits of Hormuz and impede the transport of oil out of the Persian Gulf.
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dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts).
The Straight Story
(48,121 posts)2006 February - Danish and Norwegian embassies in Damascus are set on fire during a demonstration against cartoons in a Danish newspaper portraying the Muslim Prophet Muhammad.
2006 September - Attack on the US embassy in Damascus. Four gunmen open fire and throw grenades but fail to detonate a car bomb. Three of them are killed, one is captured.
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"*Iran could block the Straits of Hormuz and impede the transport of oil out of the Persian Gulf. "
Our subs would probably handle that and the world would back such an action since the effects would be felt all over. I don't Iran is dumb enough to try that in this day and age.
AnotherMcIntosh
(11,064 posts)durablend
(7,466 posts)AnotherMcIntosh
(11,064 posts)could probably predict which way this is going to go.
Actually, many of them and parties related to them may already own enough Exxon stock to make the attack a sure thing.
dothemath
(345 posts)The Crusades are alive and well, as the USA continues to mess around with a part of the world that birthed civilization 10,000 years ago, while we are coming up on 200 and some odd years of existence. How dare those people pretend their religious beliefs are as sacrosanct as ours. Religious beliefs as in they have the oil and we don't, but hey, whatever works.
WillyT
(72,631 posts)valerief
(53,235 posts)JayhawkSD
(3,163 posts)from the Sithian warlords from Kyxliar, who might come form that planet and bombard our ships with deadly zart-ray guns.
As long as we're speculating on what might happen, let's have some fun with it.