The White House Continues To Debate On What To Do Next In Syria

New York Times: U.S. Is Debating Ways to Shield Syrian Civilians

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is locked in a sharp new debate over whether to deploy American military forces to establish no-fly zones and safe havens in Syria to protect civilians caught in its grinding civil war.

The White House remains deeply skeptical about the idea, but the growing refugee crisis in Europe and Russia’s military intervention in Syria have increased pressure on President Obama to take more forceful action. Secretary of State John Kerry and others renewed their push at a tense White House meeting on Monday to use air power to shield Syrians from the fighting, officials said.

But at the same meeting, which included Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter, a Pentagon report presented sobering estimates of the extensive military resources required to enforce such zones, leaving many at the table dubious about the wisdom of taking action. Russia’s own military operations in Syria raise the risk of an inadvertent clash if Americans try to block off certain parts of the country.

WNU Editor: As the White House continues to debate on what to do .... a debate that has been ongoing for the past year and a half .... the region burns. My prediction .... President Obama has no interest to have America involved in a large scale military operation in the Middle East .... he is going to drag this on and dump this crisis onto the next President.