Will The U.S. Eventually Get “Sucked Into” Syria’s Civil War?

U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Reginald Maxwell escorts U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter to a troop event near Amman, Jordan, Feb. 5, 2013. Maxwell is assigned to U.S. Army Central Command. DOD photo by Glenn Fawcet

The U.S. Will Eventually Get “Sucked Into” Syria’s Civil War, The State Department’s Former Lead Diplomat On Syria Predicted Friday. -- Washington Times

“The United States will not have the luxury of standing aloof from what is happening in Syria under any circumstances,” Frederic Hof, who left the Obama administration in September, said at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington. “One way or the other, the United States is going to be sucked into this.”

The nearly 23-month-old uprising against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime has threatened to engulf Syria’s neighbors. Last week, Israel conducted an airstrike on a military target inside Syria that drew an angry response from the Assad regime and its regional ally, Iran.

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My Comment: I disagree .... the U.S. does not have the resources and personnel necessary in the region to get involved on a significant level in Syria's civil war. But if the U.S. does get involved in Syria's civil war, it will be done quickly and will be because of something drastic and very bloody happening .... my guess is the indiscriminate use of WMDs.