Pentagon Can’t Afford Syria Operation; Must Seek Additional Funds -- Washington Free Beacon
Congressional leaders decry lack of clear military objective
The U.S. military, struggling after defense cuts of tens of billions of dollars, will be unable to pay for attacks on Syria from current operating funds and must seek additional money from Congress, according to congressional aides.
President Barack Obama, meanwhile, said on Friday he has not made a final decision on a military strike against Syria. He sought to play down both the scope and duration of the anticipated punitive missile and bombing campaign.
“As you’ve seen, today we’ve released our unclassified assessment detailing with high confidence that the Syrian regime carried out a chemical weapons attack that killed well over a thousand people, including hundreds of children,” Obama said.
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My Comment: This is just one more example that the White House Syrian policy is disorganized, leaderless, and devoid of clear objectives or direction .... in short .... on Syria everything is being done on the fly. On a side note .... it does not take a genius to realize that the Pentagon does not want to go into Syria.
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