US Military Has Contingency For Civilian Safe Havens If Syria Violence Escalates -- The Guardian
Pentagon remains reluctant to intervene in Syria, but defence secretary tells Congress all military options are under review
US defence secretary Leon Panetta disclosed Thursday the Pentagon has plans in place for establishing humanitarian corridors in Syria, an idea publicly aired by French president Nicholas Sarkozy earlier in the day in Paris.
Panetta, giving evidence to the House armed services committee, said the plan for humanitarian corridors was under review in the Pentagon along with other military options for intervention aimed at helping the Syrian opposition and toppling Syrian president Bashar al-Assad.
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My Comment: Who is going to enforce these humanitarian corridors? My betting is that the Pentagon is planning to use US air power coupled with UN forces/observers on the ground to enforce it .... and if not UN forces .... someone else (I will let your imagination run wild on this one). But bottom line .... US forces are now one step closer to becoming militarily involved in the Syrian civil war.
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