A fighter with the Free Syrian Army fires a weapon during clashes with forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo on Sunday. (REUTERS/Rami Zayat)
Washington Post: Pentagon leaves door open to strikes against Syrian regime
Top Pentagon leaders on Wednesday left the door open to the possibility of American military strikes against Syrian forces to protect U.S.-trained rebels, but cautioned that no decisions have been made.
Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter both acknowledged that the United States has some obligation to support the moderate rebels who will be trained to fight Islamic State militants in Syria. But any military action against Syrian troops or installations – which thus far in the U.S.-led campaign have not been targeted — would raise myriad complications, including the prospect of retaliatory action by forces loyal President Bashar al-Assad.
WNU Editor: The possibility that the U.S. may launch military strikes against Syrian units that are probably staffed with Hezbollah fighters and Iranian military advisers is .... to put it bluntly .... not going to happen.
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