Or you rely on your ability to manipulate the news media to control how the public perception presents your efforts as much larger than they are. Something the

Or you rely on your ability to manipulate the news media to control how the public perception presents your efforts as much larger than they are. Something the USA has used before from the Ghost Army in WW2 to the decades of efforts by the agencies of the intelligence community, both offensive and defensive during the Cold War. I'm not a conspiracy type or even saying this is what's going on right now in Syria, but based on the past I wouldn't be surprised if it turns out to be what is actually happening.