Reply #5: US can't do it, Israel Might, here's a good reason why. [View All]

The US is still critically short of special munitions, like the Tomahawk, 2k, 1k "smart" bombs, and AGM-65's, and several others. The US does not possess the ability to launch another war with the success of the last one. An invasion of Syria would be ground invasion with serious "coalition" casualties. Something the US can ill afford with the public opinion swinging away from pro-war, pro-combat, pro-death. As I heard, it will take until at least Feb. to get the US back to the number of specialty weapons before they could conduct another war. Remember, it took nearly a year to get the stock piles back after Gulf War I. Granted, we still have a lot, but those are reserves in case of an emergency, ie, China, N. Korea, Iran or any of the other hot spots. Israel has the ability to launch a campaign, with the US probably playing an "advisiorary" role with E-lint support, and other means, most likely non-combat. That's my take from reading articles and talking to friends "in-the-business" (the military)