What if the Syria no-fly zone won’t fly?

What if the Syria no-fly zone won’t fly?

Middle East

(((James North))) on October 26, 2016 | http://mondoweiss.net/2016/10/what-syria-zone/

Item number 1 on the agenda of the hawks in the U.S. foreign policy establishment is to order the American military to impose a no-fly zone over at least part of Syria. The hawks, who dominate in the Hillary Clinton campaign, insist that U.S. warplanes can protect civilians from air attacks by the Assad regime and its Russian allies. Critics have warned that the measure risks an air war with Russia.

But what if a Syria no-fly zone is impossible to impose in strictly military terms? Colonel Mike “Starbaby” Pietrucha and Major Mike “Pako” Benitez are American military veterans with 406 combat missions between them. In a detailed post at the increasingly important War on the Rocks website, they argue that a no-fly zone over Syria would be “much more difficult than the casual strategist or armchair operational planner realizes.” http://mondoweiss.net/2016/10/what-syria-zone/