[TheRealThing]

I've started to change my mind on this a but after seeing politics play such a big role. It has no part in war, yet it's there. I'm hate conspiracy theorists, but I can't look past the convenience of this popping up and taking the public's attention.

That's good to see Vundy. You know, most of us don't like what we see either but, it would be a bigger mistake to turn a blind eye to what actually goes on. In my mind there's a reason why the president has practically sent the Syrians a copy of the final approved battle plan. He wants them as far out of the way as possible. I don't think the overall impact will amount to spitting in the desert. We'll try our best to not kill anyone and after the fire works display is over, I guess the idea is that they will be properly shocked and awed. Sort of like when troops watch film of airstrikes to get an idea of our military might and the power of aircraft and ordinance. We saw how well that works during the Gulf War. We flew in there and knocked the crap out of the whole country so fast they couldn't even get their breath. Less than 10 years later Saddam was daring us to try it again, even brazenly invading Kuwait and thumbing his nose at the west.

The idea that we can properly scare these guys is born of the abject naivety from which they all suffer. They need to take the advice of senior military staff when it comes to this stuff.