posted on Apr, 14 2003 @ 10:26 PM
It's very difficult to answer this because it would depend upon the justification offered by the US.
As a UN matter it would take a long time to get through and the US would be unwise to count on support here. Indeed, given the diplomatic mess that
resulted from the UN discussions this time, I suspect the US -if intent upon military action -would not even ask the UN.
As for "Allies": well., I think the "coalition of the willing" probably wouldn't stand up to a second test: the US has all manner of "Allies"
through NATO and other organisations of course but in all cases these alliances depend upon versions of hostility not susceptible to current US
"pre-emptive" reasoning.
I suspect that the US would not find allies in a confrontation with Syria - at best, covert and diplomatic support from Britain, OZ and, perhaps,
Israel.