Turkey responds to Syrian cross-border mortar attack

[Art Vandelay]

Right. Still, I think the US wouldn't be amiss showing that we can do the hard work when we have to.

Unless you're implying that everyone has forgotten about Iraq and Afghanistan, I get the feeling that that's not really an issue. On the contrary, the general consensus among us foreigners is that the Americans are a wee bit too trigger happy. It may be wise to tone down the interventionism, just a tad.

[Fpqxz]

Right. Still, I think the US wouldn't be amiss showing that we can do the hard work when we have to.

Unless you're implying that everyone has forgotten about Iraq and Afghanistan, I get the feeling that that's not really an issue. On the contrary, the general consensus among us foreigners is that the Americans are a wee bit too trigger happy. It may be wise to tone down the interventionism, just a tad.

I don't think there is any domestic political support for U.S. intervention in Syria.  Besides, we don't really have the budget for it right now.*

*Not that a little thing like economics stopped us from going into Iraq and Afghanistan anyway, but still.

[Her3tiK]

Right. Still, I think the US wouldn't be amiss showing that we can do the hard work when we have to.

Unless you're implying that everyone has forgotten about Iraq and Afghanistan, I get the feeling that that's not really an issue. On the contrary, the general consensus among us foreigners is that the Americans are a wee bit too trigger happy. It may be wise to tone down the interventionism, just a tad.

I don't think there is any domestic political support for U.S. intervention in Syria.  Besides, we don't really have the budget for it right now.*

*Not that a little thing like economics stopped us from going into Iraq and Afghanistan anyway, but still.

More importantly, I don't think Syria has much in the way of oil for us to steal.

[Askold]

Why do you just talk about an U.S. intervention? NATO has more countries than just U.S. and Turkey.

[Atheissimo]

Why do you just talk about an U.S. intervention? NATO has more countries than just U.S. and Turkey.

I'd imagine if there were to be NATO intervention the most involved countries would be the closest geographically, as with Libya. So Italy, Greece, Turkey and Britain (via RAF Akrotiri on Cyprus) would probably supply the airbases and some of the aircraft.

[Yla]

Right. Still, I think the US wouldn't be amiss showing that we can do the hard work when we have to. Besides, I have a feeling that tonight's gonna be a good night that Assad might be a harder target than Gaddafi, so maybe throwing in some Yanks to support the Brits and the Frogs might be a good idea. Of course, it would be even better if we could get the Israelis to ROFLstomp Assad.

Unless you're implying that everyone has forgotten about Iraq and Afghanistan, I get the feeling that that's not really an issue. On the contrary, the general consensus among us foreigners is that the Americans are a wee bit too trigger happy. It may be wise to tone down the interventionism, just a tad.

At least one commentator I've read supported the Israelis kicking Assad out, as it would give them one solid ally as neighbour (cf. gratitude) and all that bleeding-heart humanitarian good PR (my cynical words, not theirs). Sounds good, but imho there's a danger of people just seeing Israel invade a neighbour and suddenly forgetting the who and why. Also, the Israelis tend to out-trigger-happy the Yanks.