Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey, the highest-ranking American military officer. REUTERS/Gary Cameron
Top US Military Officer: America Is Considering Entering Syria War -- Business Insider
Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, the nation’s top military officer, told a Senate committee that the Obama administration is deliberating whether to use military power in Syria, Richard Lardner of the Associated Press reports.
Dempsey testified that that he has provided President Barack Obama with options for the use of force in Syria, including ”kinetic strikes.”
The issue “is under deliberation inside of our agencies of government,” he added.
The military options range from one-off missile strikes on infrastructure linked to chemical weapons, to funelling more weapons in rebel hands, to to carving out no-fly zones, and even as far as putting 20,000 U.S. troops in Jordan for a ground invasion.
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