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NATO, U.S. DON'T PLAN MILITARY INTERVENTION IN SYRIA
PanARMENIAN.Net
November 8, 2011 - 10:21 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The top U.S. official at NATO said Monday, November
7, that there is zero planning - or even thinking - going on about
a military intervention in Syria.
"There has been no planning, no thought, and no discussion about
any intervention into Syria. It just isn't part of the envelope of
thinking, among individual countries and certainly among the 28 [full
NATO members]," said Ivo Daalder, the U.S. ambassador to NATO. "If
things change, things change. But as of today, that's where the
reality stands."
Daalder said that there were three overarching conditions that need
to be met before the Obama administration would even consider any
future military intervention such as occurred in Libya.
"The formula was that there needs to be a demonstrable need, regional
support, and sound legal basis for action," said Daalder. "It's
those three things we need to look for before we even think about
the possibility of action. None of them apply in Syria."
Daalder also noted that there is not enough evidence that air strikes
would be effective in Syria, that the opposition and the Arab League
have not asked for intervention, and that the UN Security Council
has refused to act, ForeignPolicy reports.
From: A. Papazian
PanARMENIAN.Net
November 8, 2011 - 10:21 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The top U.S. official at NATO said Monday, November
7, that there is zero planning - or even thinking - going on about
a military intervention in Syria.
"There has been no planning, no thought, and no discussion about
any intervention into Syria. It just isn't part of the envelope of
thinking, among individual countries and certainly among the 28 [full
NATO members]," said Ivo Daalder, the U.S. ambassador to NATO. "If
things change, things change. But as of today, that's where the
reality stands."
Daalder said that there were three overarching conditions that need
to be met before the Obama administration would even consider any
future military intervention such as occurred in Libya.
"The formula was that there needs to be a demonstrable need, regional
support, and sound legal basis for action," said Daalder. "It's
those three things we need to look for before we even think about
the possibility of action. None of them apply in Syria."
Daalder also noted that there is not enough evidence that air strikes
would be effective in Syria, that the opposition and the Arab League
have not asked for intervention, and that the UN Security Council
has refused to act, ForeignPolicy reports.
From: A. Papazian