While the United States draws closer to providing some form of lethal
assistance to the Syrian opposition, the debate over how extensive the
package should be and the possible outcome are likely to follow any
decision.
In a letter to the
Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee this week, Joint Chiefs
Chairman Martin Dempsey laid out the scenarios that could unfold,
ranging from the establishment of a no-fly zone over Syria, to training
and assisting the opposition through intelligence and logistics
assistance.
None of the options, he said, would be easy, and all would come with a pretty extensive price tag.
"We must anticipate and
be prepared for the unintended consequences of our action," Dempsey
wrote in the letter to Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI).
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