myp, et al,
We have our own trouble with government and the National Security Decision Making Process.
(COMMENT)
Congress, as they find it easy to lie and stable people in the back, --- as well as, the Administration, once give a Green Light, operate under the adage "In for a Penny - In for a Pound," find "mission creep" almost irresistible. The Syrian Project, may start out innocently, small arms, a few rockets and medical supplies, THEN - it will be intelligence specialists and military advisers, THEN - air support, THEN more advisers --- then an airborne unit, THEN a Command & Control team... Pretty soon, it will be USF-S (US Forces - Syria) and we will be fighting another band of insurgents for a decade.
You can't trust Washington to keep it simple. Once it starts - once we start to support a faction, they will become "our side." Then there will be pleadings that "our side" is losing --- and the escalation will begin.
Most Respectfully,
R
We have our own trouble with government and the National Security Decision Making Process.
(COMMENT)
Congress, as they find it easy to lie and stable people in the back, --- as well as, the Administration, once give a Green Light, operate under the adage "In for a Penny - In for a Pound," find "mission creep" almost irresistible. The Syrian Project, may start out innocently, small arms, a few rockets and medical supplies, THEN - it will be intelligence specialists and military advisers, THEN - air support, THEN more advisers --- then an airborne unit, THEN a Command & Control team... Pretty soon, it will be USF-S (US Forces - Syria) and we will be fighting another band of insurgents for a decade.
You can't trust Washington to keep it simple. Once it starts - once we start to support a faction, they will become "our side." Then there will be pleadings that "our side" is losing --- and the escalation will begin.
Most Respectfully,
R
