Despite Defense Secretary James Mattis admitting the US doesn’t yet have evidence on an alleged Syrian chemical weapons attack, he and other US officials indicate the US is readying to attack Syria over it. President Trump has publicly announced there will be missiles fired, and US allies are also indicating they’ll be involved.
With so little justification, there seems to be a rush to get the war started before cooler heads can prevail. Britain hasn’t even given the order to join the attack, but they have already sent submarines to the Syrian coast in anticipation of it.
The British parliament has resisted hasty wars before, and Prime Minister Theresa May seems to have decided that the easiest way around that is act without any parliamentary imprimatur, or indeed any debate. May says the need to attack is too “urgent” to ask parliament.
French President Emmanuel Macron has also indicated his nation will participate in the attack, as has Australia. The Saudi Crown Prince has said they would participate if alliances obligate them to, but did not formally commit.
There is no timetable for a decision on the attack, but officials have said “very soon” since Sunday, which suggests that they are hoping to get the conflict underway as soon as possible. May’s interest in starting before parliament can say no likely will also inform the decision to attack early.
UK has a problem. Their government does not mind risking lives of servicemen just to experiment. Why send submarines? The politicians’ small
minds are easy to read. They want to defermine if any of Russian submarine drones are already in operation. This is a formidable weapon against submarines, but the quesrikn is, is it deployed? The best way to find out iis to fire missiles into Syria. But that risks getting subs destroyed. A total unnecessary gamble. It would be more effective to find methods of defection, and means of neutralizing becore such a risk is taken.
Still–and whatever issues against Syria–Russia is not yet in an existential or not sit’n. and on the account that it possesses enough nukes to destroy entire world.
And if Putin was truthful about being in possession of nuclear bullets that do the twists and turns, the Motherland is even a fortiori preventing Russia from being wiped out or its govt being changed.
As for bluffing, only one side can afford to do that. That’s the stronger side. It spends on offense close to $1 trn and Russia a mere $ 60 bn.
So, hoping US/allies are bluffing also this time. Recall how often US said that “all options are on the table” against Iran.
And i kept saying for over a decade: No, US or Israel will not attack it in decades to come.
Much of the US trillion dollars is being spent on weapons platforms that do not work……….. F35 for instance! Now the US has been waging war on Russia for a number of years, Economic war is still war! That and US funding of Regime change in countries on their borders, trust me when I say that if Russia or China did what the US has been doing to either of them on the US Borders say in Mexico the US would have hit back a long time ago! Now Russia has the ability to in fact take out the US in spectacular form, Let me be blunt here my scenario of attack on the US would be thus! a series of Nuclear blasts along the US coast underwater using the new undetectable Nuclear submarine missiles, to create Tsunamis whilst that is in progress a Tsar bomb on Yellowstone park, let me be blunt here the destruction from this would create chaos the length and breadth the US. Now would Russia win …….. Trump made the comment about Trade wars are easy to win then recently made the comment that the trade war had already been lost! No Russia wouldn’t because NO WINS THERMO NUCLEAR WAR! We should remember the comment that a world without Russia is a world not worth having! The bear has been poked and prodded for a number of years, Trump should be careful the bear might be tempted to swipe back using its claws to savage the US. We should remember that Russia is the Guest of the Syrian Government, they are under international law allowed to be there and to defend it, an American Attack is an act of war……….. Absolutely no Different from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor where NO declaration of war was made. Like the US back then Russia has the means to strike at the very heart of US soil in less than an Hour, that Putin told his people as plain as could be that they were to stock up on Water and food that keeps like Oatmeal Salt Water Rice all foods that keep for years, is a telling comment that he did this on National television and radio, means that there is resolve! One suspects this is Trump trying hard not to be impeached because the Senate and the House will not impeach a wartime President!