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Gen. Martin Dempsey Offers Five Military Options for US in Syria

US Joint Chiefs of Staff has offered five military options, including limited strikes and establishing a no-fly zone
Gen. Martin Dempsey Offers Five Military Options for US in Syria

Electronic media, both loyal and opposition, was busy Tuesday in republishing certain paragraphs of Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Gen Martin Dempsey discourse regarding five military options, including limited strikes and establishing a no-fly zone.

 

Dempsey was quoted by several American media outlets as offering outlining the costs, risks and benefits of possible American military involvement in the Syrian conflict.

 

Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Gen Martin Dempsey offered five military options, including limited strikes and establishing a no-fly zone.

 

But he said using force in Syria would be “no less than an act of war” and could cost the US billions of dollars.

 

Washington has so far ruled out military intervention in Syria.

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