General Dempsey-Dempsey Advices To US involvement In Syria
Published on Tuesday, 23 July 2013
10:29 //
World News
General
Dempsey is being considered for the second term as Joint Chiefs of Staff.Syria Conflict
The most
important Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dempsey has mentioned and outlined the
possible harms and losses that could confront US economically.
Currently
US has ruled out its military actions in Syria.
Currently
US is delivering humanitarian aid to Syrian refugees and all the non-lethal
help is being carried out.
The
Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dempsey has clearly stated that any military
action in Syria would result in a serious War and its consequences would be
unbearable.
However
Dempsey has outlined some of the suggestions including limited strikes and
creating no fly zones that Washington can work on.
General Dempsey Suggestions
Top Five Suggestions made By Dempsey are outlined below:
- Doing limited strikes
- · Controlling Chemical arms in Damascus
- · Assisting and training the opposition
- · Creating no fly zones
- · Creating buffer zones
According
to Dempsey the last option would charge US about $500m a year whereas all the
remaining would cost $1bn a month.
"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,"
he said.
According to General Dempsey the outlined options however will
strengthen the opposition and are enough
options putting pressure on President Bashar al-Assad. He also advised that US
would have to be very careful while taking military actions in Syria as we have
learnt from past ten years in Iraq and Afghanistan.
According to UN, more than 1.7 million people have been forced
to seek shelter in neighbouring countries and more than 90 thousands have been
killed since 2011.
