Rumor has it that Kerry and Rice are the chicken hawks in this hole Syria mess

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29. 20 June 2013: Top U.S. general (Dempsey), diplomat (Kerry) clash over Syria, report says

AFP, Washington
Top U.S. military officer General Martin Dempsey has clashed with Secretary of State John Kerry over the merits of bombing Syria’s regime at a White House meeting, media reported Wednesday.

Kerry reportedly argued for air strikes against regime air bases used to employ chemical weapons against Syrian rebels at a discussion last week in the White House Situation Room, wrote Bloomberg columnist Jeffrey Goldberg, citing unnamed sources.

But Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, issued stern warnings that air strikes carried grave risks and would require large-scale bombing raids to take out Syria’s air defense system, the report said.

“According to several sources, Dempsey threw a series of brushback pitches at Kerry, demanding to know just exactly what the post-strike plan would be and pointing out that the State Department didn't fully grasp the complexity of such an operation,” the report said.

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http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2013/06/20/Top-us-general-diplomat-clash-over-Syria-.html