"The president asked all of the agencies
to put forward options, some familiar, some new, that we are very actively reviewing,"
"When we are able to work through these in the days ahead
we'll have an opportunity to come back and talk about them in detail."
Fast forward to today,
when as
Reuters once again reports, the time has come for the US to make a decision:
on Friday President Barack Obama and his top foreign policy advisers
are expected to meet to consider their military and other options in Syria.
Naturally, this means that one set of options includes direct U.S. military action
such as air strikes on Syrian military bases, munitions depots or radar and anti-aircraft bases.
That is also the scenario which General Joseph Dunford warned
may lead to war with Russia.
Indeed, the quoted said one danger of such action is that Russian and Syrian forces
are often co-mingled, "raising the possibility of a direct confrontation with Russia that Obama has been at pains to avoid."
This is also
known as the "world war" scenario.
Luckily, there are options.
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