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General Martin Dempsey, top military officer, warns senators that each option under consideration would be costly and uncertain
Spencer Ackerman in Washington
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/22/us-military-intervention-syria
Alluding to the costly, bloody occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan, General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, said that once the US got involved militarily in Syria, where dictator Bashar al-Assad has slaughtered an estimated 90,000 people, "deeper involvement is hard to avoid".
"We have learned from the past 10 years, however, that it is not enough to simply alter the balance of military power without careful consideration of what is necessary in order to preserve a functioning state," Dempsey wrote to senators John McCain and Carl Levin on Monday. "We must anticipate and be prepared for the unintended consequences of our action."
Dempsey's letter came after McCain announced he would block the general's reappointment to chair the joint chiefs of staff, the most senior position in the US military, until Dempsey provided the Senate with his assessment of the merits of US military action in Syria.
Lurks Often
(5,455 posts)I can find no good reason to get involved in their civil war
AnnieBW
(10,426 posts)They're one of the few countries that doesn't have oil.
Fire Walk With Me
(38,893 posts)create the war they wish with Iran, no matter whom else is involved. Fuck the zionists.
NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)What history of arming Islamist rebels on the other side of the world might have finally led you to that conclusion?
L0oniX
(31,493 posts)matthews
(497 posts)they didn't listen to the warnings before Shock and Awe.
But they'll probably keep at it hoping to find one they can win. Or that will take us into Iran.