Operationally, it is limited to ISR and does not involve ground troops.

The US will never place a large land army on the Asian mainland again.

In 1956, the United Kingdom and France launched an aerial bombardment of Egypt, and eventually landed ground troops. Egypt later asserted that this attack violated the Base Agreement and denounced the treaty.

Obama ultimately overturned his bureaucrats position, proposing a strong military intervention, without ground troops, for a very limited period.

Before starting down that road, the US should be convinced that military action would not require US ground forces in Syria.

Your holy cities are become a wilderness, Zion has become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.

Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.

The one option that should not be on the table is US ground troops no one wants to see US forces bogged down in another war, especially in another Muslim country.

Foxes are wild animals.

The children of Israel went forward according to their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai and the cloud stayed in the wilderness of Paran.

And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran.

Zone 5 A wilderness area.

NATO has advised that ISAF support will be based on its provincial reconstruction teams, with additional ground forces deployed for 90 days to support the electoral process, as well as a robust air element.

Zone 4 A semi wild area.

Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.

Although Japan did receive some appreciation for its dispatch of naval squadrons to the Mediterranean, it endured wide criticism for its refusal to send ground troops.

Is it time to apply and enforce a no fly zone? Or to go further still and send in ground forces with a mandate to do what it takes?

The situation in Libya, we are told, is too dangerous Germany s government doesn t want to get caught on a slippery slope and eventually have to commit ground troops in a civil war.

Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,

And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,

because you rebelled against my word in the wilderness of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the waters before their eyes. (These are the waters of Meribah of Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.)

Saul and his men went to seek him. When David was told, he went down to the rock, and stayed in the wilderness of Maon. When Saul heard that, he pursued David in the wilderness of Maon.

For ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes that is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.

Saul also and his men went to seek him. And they told David wherefore he came down into a rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.

A smart strategy would avoid involvement of ground forces in major wars on the Asian continent. Yet such prudence is not the same as isolationism.

Recent statements from US officials have not been reassuring. In January, then Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said that the US was not pursuing options that involve boots on the ground to secure Assad s arsenal during the conflict.

As Yahweh commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.

They traveled from the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah.

They traveled from Rephidim, and encamped in the wilderness of Sinai.

Yahweh's voice shakes the wilderness. Yahweh shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.

As the LORD commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.

And they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah.

And they departed from Rephidim, and pitched in the wilderness of Sinai.

The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness the LORD shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.

They traveled from the Red Sea , and encamped in the wilderness of Sin.

They traveled from the wilderness of Sinai, and encamped in Kibroth Hattaavah.

It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman.

and I will bring you into the wilderness of the peoples, and there will I enter into judgment with you face to face.

And they removed from the Red sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin.

And they removed from the desert of Sinai, and pitched at Kibroth hattaavah.

It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.

And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face.

Marine debris comes from both land and ship based sources.

Before starting down that road, the US should be convinced that military action would not require US ground forces in Syria. It should also be confident (which is impossible now) about the nature of a successor government.

Afterward the people traveled from Hazeroth, and encamped in the wilderness of Paran.