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Originally Posted by GirlySports
Why does it have to be a UN action? Why does it need to be a war?
Isn't this what marines and snipers are for?
An American sniper takes out Asaad, what's Russia and China really going to do about it?
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The Marines would get cut to pieces by the time they got anywhere near Assad.
I doubt that he's put himself in any position where a Sniper gets a clean shot at him.
and so what if they do kill him, the government won't fall, someone else will step in and continue the killing to consolidate power.
Also Flameon is absolutely right, having the Marines, or a Marine recon sniper doing the killing will lead to more anti-americanism in the region, especially if its not a UN or Arab League mandated mission, and the Arab League has made it fairly clear that this has to be a UN Mission.
Besides, if I remember my UN missions. (and no I wasn't a sniper, but I'm basing it on past experience)
You're sitting in a tower, you have Assad in your sites with no wind. Of course you need UN approval to take the shot. You radio your commander, he tells you to hold 5, and then goes to the phone, dials in the UN Security command center. The phone picks up, he opens his mouth to speak and hears
"You've reached the UN emergency command center. For approval of peacekeeping operations press 1. To cry about genocide caused by UN indecisiveness press 2, to phone in a hostage demand press 3, for all other enquiries press 0 to reach a receptionist"
"Boop" (presses one)
"You have reached the UN emergency command center approval and strategic decisiions hot line. Our hours are from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm and we are closed from 11:30 am to 2:30 pm GMT for lunch. Our offices are now closed, please try again later."
Commander calls back the sniper
"Yeah, you're going to have to hold tight until 10:00 tommorrow morning I can't get clearance for you to shoot the #######"