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Report Copyright Violation | You knew this was coming--Halting ISIS Would Require Attacks in Syria, Top General Says These guys have been itching to go to war with Syria for years, they probably celebrated when the journalist was executed The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria cannot be defeated unless the United States or its allies take on the Sunni militancy in Syria, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Thursday afternoon.
“This is an organization that has an apocalyptic end-of-days strategic vision that will eventually have to be defeated,” the chairman, Gen. Martin Dempsey, said in his most expansive public remarks on the crisis since American airstrikes began in Iraq. “Can they be defeated without addressing that part of the organization that resides in Syria? The answer is no.”
But both General Dempsey and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, who appeared beside him during a Pentagon news conference, deflected questions about whether the United States military would pursue the Sunni militants from Iraq into Syria, an issue that many defense experts say lies at the heart any attempt to defeat ISIS.
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Pressed about whether the United States would attempt airstrikes on ISIS targets in Syria, Mr. Hagel said, “We’re looking at all options.” And General Dempsey said that American allies in the region must play a role as well. [ link to www.nytimes.com] |
