U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, answers questions from reporters as Japanese Gen. Shigeru Iwasaki, chief of the Japanese Self Defense Forces Joint Staff, looks on at a press conference in Tokyo, April 26, 2013. DOD photo by D. Myles Cullen
Chairman Of The Joint Chiefs: U.S. Military Ready, If Called, In Syria -- FOX News
WASHINGTON - Joint Chiefs Chairman General Martin Dempsey says U.S. forces stand ready to take military action in Syria -- but warns a no-fly zone in the country may not work.
"Whether the military effect would produce the kind of outcome that all of us would desire - an end to the violence, some kind of political reconciliation among the parties and a stable Syria - it's not clear to me that it would produce that outcome," Dempsey said Tuesday at a Christian Science Monitor luncheon. "Options are ready," Dempsey continued. "And if it becomes clear to me or if I'm ordered to do so we will act, but at this point, that hasn't occurred."
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