ho hum. another new conflict for the U.S. Obama Asks Pentagon For Syria No-Fly Zone Plan

[cali]

Along with no-fly zone plans, the White House is considering arming parts of the Syrian opposition and formally recognizing the Syrian opposition council, reports Josh Rogin.

The White House has asked the Pentagon to draw up plans for a no-fly zone inside Syria that would be enforced by the U.S. and other countries such as France and Great Britain, two administration officials told The Daily Beast.

The request was made shortly before Secretary of State John Kerry toured the Middle East last week to try and finalize plans for an early June conference between the Syrian regime and rebel leaders in Geneva. The opposition, however, has yet to confirm its attendance and is demanding that the end of Syrian President Bashar al Assad’s rule be a precondition for negotiations, a condition Assad is unlikely to accept.

President Obama’s dual-track strategy of continuing to pursue a political solution to the two-year-old uprising in Syria while also preparing for more direct U.S. military involvement includes authorizing the Joint Chiefs of Staff for the first time to plan for multilateral military actions inside Syria, the two officials said. They added that no decisions on actually using force have yet been made.

“The White House is still in contemplation mode but the planning is moving forward and it’s more advanced than it’s ever been,” one administration official told The Daily Beast. “All this effort to pressure the regime is part of the overall effort to find a political solution, but what happens if Geneva fails? It’s only prudent to plan for other options.”

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http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/28/exclusive-barack-obama-asks-pentagon-for-syria-no-fly-zone-plan.html

[RobertEarl]

1. No fly sounds good

And make Israeli planes stay out of other countries.

It was Israeli planes that attacked Syria. The US can start with Israel, and go from there.

[cali]

2. Wh cherie, quelle surprise

you support more war mongering and with your idee fixe on Israel, you're actually deluded enough to believe that this is about Israel.

try again.

President Obama’s dual-track strategy of continuing to pursue a political solution to the two-year-old uprising in Syria while also preparing for more direct U.S. military involvement includes authorizing the Joint Chiefs of Staff for the first time to plan for multilateral military actions inside Syria, the two officials said. They added that no decisions on actually using force have yet been made.

[RobertEarl]

5. Keeping Israel grounded is keeping peace

Obama would be a fool to not plan for the worst. But here you are again pissing on Obama for doing his job.

Bet you liked the fact Israel attacked Syria? If not, where is your condemnation of that rogue nation?

[truedelphi]

3. Thank you for bringing attention to this situation.

And anyone who wants some valuable information about what all these Israel-US wars are about might want to watch this woman's videos:

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-KbHd8oG42JT_2wiN83dKcklPe1PTOGs

Ain't it weird that we are so willing to attack nations that provide religious freedom to every one of the different religions that people choose, such as in Iraq and in Syria, and that have mainly organic food available to their people? The after we have "solved" the nations' problems, we insist that they farm only GM seeds and crops.

[Cali_Democrat]

4. A plan is nothing more than that...a plan

The US has plans for attacking China and Russia...doesn't mean it's going to happen.