On CNN this morning, former NATO Supreme Commander Wesley Clark said that the U.S. notified the Syrian government that "we're coming," and that this was smart, so as to avoid any complications between the USAF and Syria's air force. He said that if the two were to tangle, that the Syrians "would lose," and that it's good that it doesn't happen, because he knows there might be Russian officers involved with the Syrian forces who could get caught up in the fight.

Combine this with the fact that Saudi Arabia and our client Gulf states, which hate and want to overthrow Assad, are participating in the air strikes on Syrian soil, and you have a powder keg waiting to blow.

Oh, and already one of the U.S. airstrikes in Syria has killed 8 civilians, including 3 children, and created for Americans who-knows-how-many more implacable enemies among those who loved the victims.