Top US General - "United States Preparing For Military Action In Syria" - Polidicks

[QUOTE]President Barack Obama is considering using military force in Syria, and the Pentagon has prepared various scenarios for possible United States intervention. Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the Obama administration is deliberating whether or not it should use the brute of the US military in Syria during a Thursday morning Senate hearing. Gen. Dempsey said the administration was considering using “[I]kinetic strikes[/I]” in Syria and said "[I]issue is under deliberation inside of our agencies of government[/I],” the Associated Press reported from Washington. Dempsey, 61, is the highest ranking officer in the US military and has been nominated by Pres. Obama to serve a second term in that role. The Senate Armed Services Committee questioned him Thursday morning as part of the nominating process when Dempsey briefly discussed the situation in Syria. Last month, the Obama administration concluded that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad used chemical weapons during the ongoing battles. Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications Ben Rhodes said, “[I]The intelligence community estimates that 100 to 150 people have died from detected chemical weapons attacks in Syria to date; however, casualty data is likely incomplete[/I].” Pres. Obama said previously that the use of chemical weapons would cross a “[I]red line[/I]” and likely trigger American intervention. When the White House concluded Assad had relied on chemical warfare, Rhodes said, “[I]both the political and the military opposition . . . is and will be receiving US assistance[/I]." That claim was met with skepticism, though. The Syrian Foreign Ministry called Obama’s claims a “[I]caravan of lies[/I].” Vitaly Churkin, Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations, later presented to the UN evidence supplied to his government that suggested the Syrian opposition fighters used chemical weapons. With regards to foreign intervention, UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon said, “[I]Providing arms to either side would not address this current situation[/I].” Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) and his father, former congressman Ron Paul (R-Texas) have also cautioned the White House against aiding Syrian rebels. “[I]You will be funding today the allies of al Qaeda[/I]” by aiding Syrian rebels, Sen. Paul said in May. On his part, the retired lawmaker from Texas insisted that the administration’s lead up to possible intervention is “[I]identical to the massive deception campaign that led us into the Iraq War[/I].” [/QUOTE] [URL]http://rt.com/usa/dempsey-syria-us-assad-268/[/URL] [QUOTE][B][B]US 'considering military force in Syria'[/B][/B] [/QUOTE] [URL]http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/10189286/US-considering-military-force-in-Syria.html[/URL]

Oh yea.. because the US totally need to renew with its long lasting tradition of proxy wars agains Russia

i read syria as style i'm going to go eat

Russia Today.

[url]http://icasualties.org/OEF/Fatalities.aspx[/url] [url]http://icasualties.org/Iraq/Fatalities.aspx[/url] nope [editline]18th July 2013[/editline] oh hey russia today reporting on the US so credible

No please.

[QUOTE=SKEEA;41512127]Russia Today.[/QUOTE] Why does this have to have any bearing on whether or not what is being said is true? They may be skewed, but they don't just make up stories out of thin air. If anything, they report on things that the western mainstream media utterly ignores.

i've been itchin for another war thanks obama

[QUOTE=Zenreon117;41512147]Why does this have to have any bearing on whether or not what is being said is true? They may be skewed, but they don't just make up stories out of thin air. If anything, they report on things that the western mainstream media utterly ignores.[/QUOTE] RT also said that we would be at war with Iran right now according to its "sources" They're not reliable

Really my government needs to stop fucking with other countries' problems, while sending aid is a good idea though we do not need to do this.

Please no

I thought you were having an economic crisis with immense national debt america, is it really that smart to go to war with a nation you dont even share border with let alone being on the same continent as you.

[QUOTE=Fatfatfatty;41513044]I thought you were having an economic crisis with immense national debt america, is it really that smart to go to war with a nation you dont even share border with let alone being on the same continent as you.[/QUOTE] Clearly it would be much smarter to declare war on Canada or Mexico. [editline]19th July 2013[/editline] Not saying the war in Syria would be a good thing, I just don't see the point you're trying to make.

we have mexico problems yet they want to fuck with syria god dammit congress quit your shit

what the fuck, how about no

too late. Should have acted sooner. Now FSA and AQ are too entangled.