Top U.S. General: Syrian Refugee Crisis Will Galvanize European Action To End The Syrian Conflict

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Army General Martin Dempsey (Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)

Voice of America: Top US General: Refugee Crisis Likely to Galvanize Europe in Syrian Conflict

TALLINN, ESTONIA—The top U.S. general says the Syrian refugee crisis likely will galvanize more European action to help end that nation’s bloody struggle.

“Will at some point Europe have to become more involved in the Syrian conflict because of the spillover effects? I think the answer is probably yes,” Gen. Martin Dempsey, U.S. chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Sunday. He was speaking to VOA enroute to Tallinn, Estonia, from a NATO defense meeting in Istanbul, Turkey.

The general compared the human suffering of the more than 10 million refugee and displaced Syrians to the refugee crisis in 1994 caused by the Bosnian War, which was the last time European countries agreed to absorb such large numbers of people seeking asylum.

WNU Editor: This shift is already being seen in places like France .... Poll: French People Now Favor Sending Troops To Syria.