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“As ‘Tide Seems to Have Shifted’ in Assad’s Favour, U.S. Considering Military Action in Syria: Top Ge”
by National Post   
July 21st, 2013
DEFENSE SEC PANETTA AND JOINT CHIEF OF STAF CHAIRMAN GEN. MARTIN DEMPSEY TESTIFY BEFORE THE SENATE ARMED SERVICE COMMITTEE

The U.S. is considering the use of military force in Syria, the country’s top general said Thursday.

Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said he has provided President Barack Obama with options for military strikes in Syria, where the civil war has cost at least 93,000 lives.

He told a Senate hearing that under current conditions, he believed President Bashar Assad would still be in power in a year’s time.

“Currently the tide seems to have shifted in his favour,” he said.

The Obama administration has said that it will supply small arms to Syrian rebels, but has so far resisted calls from some senators to intervene with U.S. military forces or implement a no-fly zone.

General Dempsey said that Mr Obama had asked him whether the U.S. “could”, but not whether it “should”, stage a military intervention. The “issue is under deliberation inside of our agencies of government,” the general said.

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