Just a limited airstrike with no boots on the ground

[Scuba]

[DURHAM D]

1. Embarrassingly stupid comparison

[Scuba]

2. You're embarrassed? Weird.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

6. Because: _____________

[jsr]

3. But in the event Syria imploded, for instance

What Obama REALLY wanted:

"Mr. Chairman, it would be preferable not to, not because there is any intention or any plan or any desire whatsoever to have boots on the ground. And I think the president will give you every assurance in the world, as am I, as has the secretary of defense and the chairman. But in the event Syria imploded, for instance, or in the event there was a threat of a chemical weapons cache falling into the hands of al-Nusra or someone else and it was clearly in the interest of our allies and all of us, the British, the French and others, to prevent those weapons of mass destruction falling into the hands of the worst elements, I don't want to take off the table an option that might or might not be available to a president of the United States to secure our country." - John Kerry, September 3, 2013.

[David__77]

4. Good comparison indeed.

I'm sure it will annoy some people, who deserve to be annoyed.

[cthulu2016]

5. The graphic should read "nothing like going to war"

Also, the UK spelling of harbor is a problem since Pearl Harbor is a place name

[L0oniX]

7. How about a rocket loaded with old used boots? n/t

[Junkdrawer]

8. And air strikes always end there....

I mean, it's not like the bombed will respond or anything.

[wandy]

9. Actualy, Pearl Harbour was an act of war. But point well taken...............

If nothing else it shows how a "surgical" strike can cause all hell to break loose.
Japan may have under estimated the consequence of their action.
Japan could not have known the final outcome. At the time neither did we.

Guess you just "don't know what you don't know".
At the time, neither do we.

[Hydra]

10. I posit that they know

And are doing it anyway. They've already gamed this and know they need boots on the ground.

Once we've slapped the tar baby, they'll argue that we'll need to go all the way and we have to support the troops.

Deja Moo.

[wandy]

11. The need for boots on the ground goes beyond the usual political BS........

Their are technical reasons why it will be needed.
You cannot bomb a chemical weapon facility without the possibility of very bad things happening.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023602519

This ones "in for a nickel in for the whole ball of wax".