What Type Of 'Military Force' Will Be Used By The U.S. In Syria

How The US May Use Military Force In Syria -- Business Insider

For the last two years, the bloody conflict in Syria has careened toward a tipping point.

Ladies and Gentlemen, we may be there.

The timing of this is a little bit crazy:

* A deputy national security advisor has announced that the White House believes the Bashar al-Assad regime used chemical weapons against the rebels in Syria.
* The Pentagon has proposed a plan that would arm and train the rebels, as well as instill a limited no-fly zone over Syria.
* And 4,500 U.S. forces are a stone throw away, in Jordan, conducting a training exercise with Jordanian forces.

President Obama said last year that if Syrian president Bashar al Assad used chemical weapons, it would be a “red line” that would precipitate direct U.S. intervention in the conflict.

“That would change my calculus,” Obama said. “That would change my equation.”

Presumably the situation in Syria now meets the criteria for U.S. military intervention.

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My Comment: I expect the U.S. to send small arms and (maybe) missiles to knock out Syrian tanks and armor vehicles. I see training camps in Jordan. I do not expect to see shipments of anti-aircraft missiles or artillery .... for now. As to talk of no fly-zones .... I just do now see U.S. war planes flying over Syrian airspace in the foreseeable future.

Update: The above video is from the Pentagon channel and it is a report on the current U.S. military exercise in Jordan.