Obama administration considering strikes on Assad, again

[Croatsky]

[quote]U.S. military strikes against the Assad regime will be back on the table Wednesday at the White House, when top national security officials in the Obama administration are set to discuss options for the way forward in Syria. But there’s little prospect President Obama will ultimately approve them.

Inside the national security agencies, meetings have been going on for weeks to consider new options to recommend to the president to address the ongoing crisis in Aleppo, where Syrian and Russian aircraft continue to perpetrate the deadliest bombing campaign the city has seen since the five-year-old civil war began. A meeting of the Principals Committee, which includes Cabinet-level officials, is scheduled for Wednesday. A meeting of the National Security Council, which could include the president, could come as early as this weekend.

Last Wednesday, at a Deputies Committee meeting at the White House, officials from the State Department, the CIA and the Joint Chiefs of Staff discussed limited military strikes against the regime as a means of forcing Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad to pay a cost for his violations of the cease-fire, disrupt his ability to continue committing war crimes against civilians in Aleppo, and raise the pressure on the regime to come back to the negotiating table in a serious way.

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[King Tiger]

Well luckily:

[quote]Other administration officials told The Post this week that Obama is no more willing to commit U.S. military force inside Syria than he was previously and that each of the military options being discussed have negative risks or consequences.[/quote]

Still, the fact that they're considering strikes at all is extremely dangerous and stupid. Their plan is to bomb Assad in an attempt to start up negotiations again, but negotiations are pointless as long as Obama keeps maintaining a No Assad policy.

[Croatsky]

Negotiations are pointless as long as Assad has power.

He will not accept any deal beyond unconditional surrender of both FSA and SDF rebels.

[Joey Skylynx]

Considering doing strikes when Russia just moved in some new toys meant for shooting down planes and sinking ships. Good idea, dipshits.