Why send out leakers? Why not read a speech off the telprompter?

Even though Obama has said nothing about plans to take military action in Syria, it is being widely reported that an attack by the United States is imminent. Why is it being widely reported? Because, like Edward Snowden, the administation is leaking its secret plans. Snowden leaked imformation about government spying on citizens. Obama's leakers are revealing military secrets, including the type of weapons we will be using and the targets of those weapons. The New York Times reports that

A wide range of officials characterized the action under consideration as “limited,” perhaps lasting no more than one or two days.

However, Jonathan Tobin writes at Commentary that

Should the U.S. strikes lead to missile attacks on Israel by Hezbollah, as that terrorist group’s Iranian masters warn, then the situation will turn out to be more complicated than the president thinks.