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Dempsey Opposes US Military Intervention in Syria, Says Rebels Wouldn’t Back Western Interests

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US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey opposed even limited military intervention in the Syrian war because insurgents wouldn't support US interests.

Dempsey made his remarks in a letter he wrote to a congressman on August 19 obtained and published by The Associated Press on Wednesday.

Dempsey considered that a military approach would plunge the United States deep into another war in the Arab world and offer no strategy for peace.

"Syria today is not about choosing between two sides but rather about choosing one among many sides," Dempsey wrote in the letter to Representative Eliot Engel.

"It is my belief that the side we choose must be ready to promote their interests and ours when the balance shifts in their favor. Today, they are not," he added.

Al-Qaeda-affiliated fighters and other extremist groups fighters in Syria have been committing various atrocities and massacres to the Syrian people and Army, ranging from public executions to desecrations of religious symbols and places of worships to cannibalism and many more.

This made the European Union reluctant in arming the Syrian opposition, fearing that such arming would fall into the wrong hands, but however succumbed to US and "Israeli" pressures in doing so.

On Tuesday, Kurdish militias battled against al-Qaeda fighters in the northeast, which pushed thousands of Kurds to flee into Iraq.

"We should evaluate the effectiveness of limited military options in this context," Dempsey noted in the letter.

Moreover, Dempsey discouraged options like training vetted rebel groups, limited strikes on Syria's air defenses and creating a buffer zone for the opposition, stressing the need to avoid an outcome similar to Iraq or Afghanistan.

Dismissing proposals of using cruise missiles and other weapons against Syrian government-controlled air bases by Engel to Dempsey in a letter sent on August 5, Dempsey responded, "The loss of Assad's air force would negate his ability to attack opposition forces from the air, 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."

Source: Associated Press, edited by website team