Al Qaida Has An Airforce

That's the bad news.

The good news, if you can call it that, is that all the pilots, crews and equipment are American.

Man, it is a sad, sad day in this once-great nation's history, when about the only politician making any sense is a leftist loon like Dennis Kucinich, and the only thing close to honest reporting is showing up in the Cleveland Pig Squealer Plain Dealer. Kucinich says that an attack on Syria would be to the benefit of al Qaida: 

Kucinich, a fervent opponent of U.S. military engagement in Iraq - told The Hill that intervention in Syria would ensnare the United States in another war and embolden the Islamist militants fighting Bashar Assad's regime.

“So what, we're about to become Al Qaida's air force now?” Kucinich told the publication. “This is a very, very serious matter that has broad implications internationally."

Kucinich also, and very reasonably, questions the evidence that the chemical weapons which allegedly killed hundreds of civilians were actually deployed by Assad's military.  

All in all, attacking a long-time Russian ally and deposing a government that is not spoiling for a fight with Israel or the U.S. is somewhat difficult to justify in terms of American interests.  It looks like a really bad idea.

Don't forget Alas, Babylon:

...an American fighter pilot attempting to intercept an enemy plane over the Mediterranean inadvertently fires an AIM-9 Sidewinder heat-seeking missile that goes off course and hits an ammunition depot in Latakia, Syria, resulting in a large explosion. This event becomes the apparent casus belli for the Soviet Union to launch a nuclear strike against the United States and her allies.