Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Every Military Option in Syria Sucks

 

 It is none of our business for the tenth time, just forget it.

Using lethal force to strike high-value targets inside Syria would require hundreds of U.S. aircraft, ships and submarines, while establishing a no-fly zone would cost as much as a billion dollars per month over the course of a year, according to a new analysis of military options there by the nation's top military officer. Another option, in which the U.S. attempts to control Syria's chemical weapons stock, would first require thousands of special operations forces and other ground forces, wrote Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Marty Dempsey. Oh, and well over a billion dollars per month.

Under pressure to publicly provide his views on military intervention in Syria, Dempsey told Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin what most people already knew: there are few good options. But for the first time, Dempsey provided an analysis of each option and its cost, providing new fodder for thinking about a conflict that has waged for more than two years, killed nearly 100,000 people and displaced hundreds of thousands more.

4 comments:

  1. Its too much like Chicago except Muslims killing Muslims. Unfortunately they kill Christians too...maybe instead of importing Muslims we should be giving refuge to Christians. But no, that's racis or religicis or something.

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  2. For as much as the good General may say he does not care for any of the options, my gut tells me this admin. will find a way to make it one of the most costly in terms of fiat and blood.

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