Iran Press TV
Wed Aug 21, 2013 2:18PM GMT
The top American military officer has warned about a US military attack against Syria, saying it would further commit Washington to a conflict that is not decisive militarily.
“We can destroy the Syrian air force,” Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey said in a letter to Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) dated August 19. “But it would also escalate and potentially further commit the United States to the conflict.”
“Stated another way, it would not be militarily decisive, but it would commit us decisively to the conflict,” Dempsey was quoted as saying by the Associated Press.