# The Syrian Cruise missile attack pool **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 28, 2013, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-syrian-cruise-missile-attack-pool/667391 "2013-08-28T12:32:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-syrian-cruise-missile-attack-pool/667391/21 "2013-08-29T03:18:23Z")
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**Author:** ![Anonymous\_Coward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/94ad74/32.png) [@Anonymous\_Coward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anonymous_Coward)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-syrian-cruise-missile-attack-pool/667391/22 "2013-08-29T12:16:07Z")
Lowest bidder! 1 ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-syrian-cruise-missile-attack-pool/667391/23 "2013-08-29T15:24:29Z")
> [@Anonymous\_Coward](#): > > Lowest bidder! > > 1 You are going against the trend, my friend. ---
**Author:** ![Werekoala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7993a0/32.png) [@Werekoala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Werekoala)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-syrian-cruise-missile-attack-pool/667391/24 "2013-08-29T17:25:15Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > You are going against the trend, my friend. True, but wouldn’t it be a kicker if we really did only fire one missile? ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-syrian-cruise-missile-attack-pool/667391/25 "2013-08-29T17:39:38Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > I’ll say the opening salvo is 75, and 3 salvos total. 200 missiles total. > > No boots on the ground, because Obama doesn’t have the genitals to do that. By “genitals,” I assume you mean “stupidity,” yes? ---
**Author:** ![slowlearner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@slowlearner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slowlearner)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-syrian-cruise-missile-attack-pool/667391/26 "2013-08-30T00:43:43Z")
The columnist Pepe Escobar has suggested launching Ferraris at them instead, 200 grand for a Ferrari, 1.2 million for a cruise missile, and having a Ferrari might actually change somebody’s behavior. ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-syrian-cruise-missile-attack-pool/667391/27 "2013-08-30T00:46:47Z")
323 including satellite guided smart bombs. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-syrian-cruise-missile-attack-pool/667391/28 "2013-08-30T03:12:48Z")
Looks like the British parliament has voted against any military action whatsoever. That might cause a delay while the US tweaks its plans. ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-syrian-cruise-missile-attack-pool/667391/29 "2013-08-30T04:35:08Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Looks like the British parliament has voted against any military action whatsoever. That might cause a delay while the US tweaks its plans. You say that as if it’s a consideration. I’d be surprise if the Pentagon was placing a lot of reliance on UK participation. Not to denigrate the importance of the moral support but I can’t see the US military making int’l participation a go/no-go criterion. ---
**Author:** ![tarnation\_eudemonia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c77e96/32.png) [@tarnation\_eudemonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarnation_eudemonia)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-syrian-cruise-missile-attack-pool/667391/30 "2013-08-30T04:40:06Z")
68 and at least 40 of then will hit some camel in the ass. ---
**Author:** ![tarnation\_eudemonia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c77e96/32.png) [@tarnation\_eudemonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarnation_eudemonia)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-syrian-cruise-missile-attack-pool/667391/31 "2013-08-30T04:41:14Z")
> [@Anonymous\_Coward](#): > > Lowest bidder! > > 1 There’s some wisdom in that… If you hit the right target, you only have to fire 1. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-syrian-cruise-missile-attack-pool/667391/32 "2013-08-30T16:09:19Z")
> [@deltasigma](#): > > You say that as if it’s a consideration. I’d be surprise if the Pentagon was placing a lot of reliance on UK participation. Not to denigrate the importance of the moral support but I can’t see the US military making int’l participation a go/no-go criterion. It may not be a _big_ consideration, but I think we were counting on British participation. The vote seemed to have taken Cameron completely by surprise. There will probably have to be some plan adjustments made, but I doubt that will take long. ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Alex](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atomic_alex/32/175_2.png) [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-syrian-cruise-missile-attack-pool/667391/33 "2013-08-30T17:22:36Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Do children’s schools include orphanages? Because **they** always seem to be high priority targets. And the Chinese embassy…again… 😉 Just as long as Bob the new guy doesn’t accidently swap in a nuclear warhead its all good, boy wouldn’t _that_ be embarrassing… As for numbers, no idea, but I guess 64 in the first wave. ---
**Author:** ![mandala](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mandala/32/95_2.png) [@mandala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mandala)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-syrian-cruise-missile-attack-pool/667391/34 "2013-08-30T18:49:17Z")
1. It’s a [sacred number](http://wikiislam.net/wiki/72_Virgins). ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-syrian-cruise-missile-attack-pool/667391/35 "2013-08-30T18:51:54Z")
Numbers already taken: 1 36 50 64 68 70 75 100 115 125 150 154 219 200 221 ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-syrian-cruise-missile-attack-pool/667391/36 "2013-08-30T18:52:17Z")
42 ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-syrian-cruise-missile-attack-pool/667391/37 "2013-08-30T18:53:53Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > I think we will “go light”…and see what the response is…maybe 20-30 to start? And they will hit childrens schools, hospitals, and old people’s homes. Guaranteed. Sorry, I need a number, not a range > [@deltasigma](#): > > 323 including satellite guided smart bombs. This is cruise missiles only, bub. Maybe somebody else has started a smart bomb pool. ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-syrian-cruise-missile-attack-pool/667391/38 "2013-08-30T19:05:53Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > This is cruise missiles only, bub. Maybe somebody else has started a smart bomb pool. I sry. ☹ 177 ---
**Author:** ![Steken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Steken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steken)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-syrian-cruise-missile-attack-pool/667391/39 "2013-08-30T20:19:42Z")
1. But, like, not in a Nazi way or anything. ---
**Author:** ![Waxwinged](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c2a13f/32.png) [@Waxwinged](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waxwinged)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-syrian-cruise-missile-attack-pool/667391/40 "2013-08-30T21:11:22Z")
1. Was going to go with 69, but that would’ve been lame. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-syrian-cruise-missile-attack-pool/667391.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-syrian-cruise-missile-attack-pool/667391.md?page=3)