Originally Posted by
Airborne Aircrew
There's no good reason to go into Syria so, "if it ain't broke" let's not try to fix it lest is cost us many more brave men and women. There's no winning by throwing a few TLAM's around because whoever ends up winning will hate our intervention anyway.
So, to be blunt. They are a sovereign country, screw them, let them sort it out themselves then decide what to do with the resulting regime.
OK by me.
FWIW,
I found the answers to my questions a few pages back that Courtney Mil tried to help me answer. The strictly legal basis really isn't there.
AA, I like your bit about "are we to become Al Qaeda's Air Force in Syria?"
That would be funny if it wasn't so sad.
Our pols don't even understand the question as asked.