US Military Lobbies For War With Syria

[dixiegrrrrl]

This is rich with irony....poor widdle military:

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey told reporters on Thursday that the Obama administration’s continued pursuing of diplomatic solutions in Syria has put military planners in the Pentagon in a strategic bind.

Complaining of a “lack of focus,” he declared that with a clear instruction for regime change, “I can build you a plan, and I know how many divisions, I know how many air wings ... it takes.”

This is the second time that Dempsey has gone on record to threaten military action. Speaking following the alleged May 25 massacre of over 1000 people at Houla, he went on Fox News to declare, “Of course, there is always a military option … it may come to a point with Syria because of the atrocities.”

Once again, Dempsey utilised an alleged massacre as a platform for his warmongering—joining a Republican lobby led by Senator John McCain and Senator Joe Lieberman, a former Democrat, urging the direct arming of the Syrian opposition and US air support.

http://www.countercurrents.org/marsden090612.htm

[LiberalFighter]

1. Demote and remove Dempsey

It is not the job of the military to decide when or why to go to war.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

2. What makes the idiot think he can win in Syria after losing in Iraq and Afghanistan?

Maybe he should recommend the invasion of Mighty Grenada...again.

[msongs]

3. US military is the single biggest terrorist and threat to world peace nt

[no_hypocrisy]

4. When you peel away the layers, you'll find that military contractors and defense companies

want a war with Syria. Just another business venture.

Ike was right.

[Magoo48]

10. And they do it in our name, with our money, and without our approval.....

[steve2470]

5. How can General Dempsey get away with these public pronouncements ?

I know President Obama can't micro-manage him and the man has free speech, but last time I checked, President Obama still commanded the military.

I'd pull him into my office for a nice ass chewing, at minimum.

[riderinthestorm]

6. I presume Dempsey's PTB masters want him to go to war so we get a very public lash

by the JCS Dempsey to CIC Obama (saying Obama lacks "focus&quot .

Its telling that Obama hasn't shitcanned him yet - is it because Obama also sees Syria as a war zone, which will of course inevitably mean a war with Iran? I'd say that war with Iran is what they really want, Syria is just too convenient by half as a thin cover for their real target.

Breathtaking, hideous comments from Dempsey. Bummer.

[sabrina 1]

7. That is insubordination and he should be demoted. Look what Bush did to

any General who even hinted at being uneasy about a war in Iraq.

[dixiegrrrrl]

8. Wel, yeah.."being uneasy about a war" gets them fired

Being gung ho about a war...not so much.
wonder why?..hmmmmmm

[Meiko]

9. Sounds like

it's time for a little one on one in the oval office. The President is doing the right thing, he is staying out of Syria.

[David__77]

11. Time to purge the officers corps.

We certainly need more progressives in military leadership. There are very few, which is a function of the unfortunate impacts of the now old, "New Left."