Romney is right on Syria

Med, the effective range on that thing was only about a mile and a half.  It would do as much damage to the troops using it as the troops they were firing at. 

Yup, no long range stuff.  The Atomic rifle has a range of approx. 5 miles, and there are some tactical systems with a max range of 150 miles.  That would keep it in the home field, so to speak.  The logic here, or lack of it, is that they would be too busy vaporizing each other to bother with anyone else, and by the time they were done, there wouldn't be enough left to worry about. 

Originally posted by red clay Personally, I think we should give em all tactical nukes, no long range stuff.  Give them some of the toys we no longer deploy, like the Atomic Rifle,  and let them go at it.  What the hell, oil is still useable if it's radioactive, and we can grow Pistachios and Cashews elsewhere. Just think of the benefits, Turkey and the Balkans wouldn't need streetlights, you could navigate by the glow.  The savings in energy would be incredible. After about 10 years, you could turn the area into a "Nuke Zoo and Botanical Garden" with all of the mutations, scientists could study it for decades.   And it would be.........so quiet.

One problem: Islamists like Al Qaeda might get hold of some of these weapons and use them against us

Originally posted by Ollios Who would win the US election if the world could vote? http://www.wingia.com/web/files/news/16/file/16.pdf Americans should ask them that why do majority of world choose Obama?

 

Reading Your posts above I found that Romney really knows where Syria is.Arab Spring decrease consumers consumption in this area several times,unemployment&low incomes per citizen follow next.All Western countries project their virtual economic programs on steroids:Who will buy this?If i compare facts with Eastern Europe&Ex.Yugoslavia states situation:Unemployment rate in most of the countries is over 30 %...Average salaries are 3x-5x less than previous 20 years before...Dear Americans&Europeans,who will pay for your products in those markets?There is a solution:With products
of your export send us a money for buying them!Romney has to be right always!

I like this quote: "Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King said we remember the silence of our friends far more than the words of our enemies." and also this one from a Syrian woman: "When we control Syria, we won’t forget that you forgot us." I really hope Romney becomes president, however it is possible he also forgets what he already says!

Agreed, We need Romney and a new Sec. of State. The mess Obama and Clinton made needs to be remedied.

Edited by unclefred - 12-Oct-2012 at 17:20

It's not so much overthrowing as realigning from fondo to more secular attitudes.....and that involves a bloodbath with insurgents now totally repressed and the IRGC who has the modern equipment and initially the numbers to quell most anything. This would be a long process....multi-year and there would have to be a haven for movement back and forth into the ops area. The only legit region is eastern Turkey and ya already know what's there.

Edited by Centrix Vigilis - 12-Oct-2012 at 12:13

You are seriously misjudging him.  If the Mullahs are doing the same, and I believe they are, that's as serious a mistake as Kruschev made with Kennedy.  

Originally posted by red clay Originally posted by Nick1986 Arming insurgents is dangerous and stupid. They will probably turn on you, as Bin Laden did, as soon as they've replaced Assad with a new Islamist dictator. It's best to stay out of it and let the two sides kill each other     Unfortunately, wishful thinking.  Nick, if it were that simple, I would personally donate money to buy ammo for them, as would many others.

Arming insurgents is dangerous and stupid. They will probably turn on you, as Bin Laden did, as soon as they've replaced Assad with a new Islamist dictator. It's best to stay out of it and let the two sides kill each other