Posted on 08/15/2013 8:25:32 AM PDT by xzins
The top U.S. military officer told American troops in Jordan on Thursday that their mission to help the kingdom contain the fallout from Syria's war would likely last years, as the United States bolsters support for the key regional ally.
General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, addressed a group of mostly U.S. planners who have arrived over the past several months as America expands assistance that now includes stationing F-16 fighter jets and Patriot missiles there.
The U.S. military has roughly 1,000 troops stationed in Jordan.
Dempsey fielded questions, including on how long the mission might last, assuming the situation on the ground did not escalate. The general replied that Jordan would need to feel fully capable of dealing not only with humanitarian crises but also any threat of attack, including from extremists.
"I think we're probably talking about several years, and therefore several rotations (of troops)," he said, speaking to a group that included Army planners from the 1st Armored Division, which Dempsey led a decade ago during the Iraq war.
One fear in Amman and Washington is that Islamic radicals now battling in Syria could at some point turn their sights on Jordan, particularly once the Syrian conflict ends.
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Ah, Jordan. Now there’s a textbook example of foreign policy adventurism gone bad. It’s very important for the United States to spend treasure and risk lives to protect imaginary lines drawn by a bunch of dead British government hacks.
The U.S. military has roughly 1,000 troops stationed in Jordan.
Once upon a time, we had a mere 1,000 troops stationed in Viet Nam. Our military adventure in Jordan will be totally different, of couse, so there's really no comparison... right?
Isn’t this how Viet Nam started under JFK?
Hmmmmmmmm, how soon can Obama make this happen?
why are plans, numbers and troop movements MADE PUBLIC. this admin leaks like a sieve
viet nam started under Ike...
Ike had a few hundred advisers there for years, something that Nixon would not have changed and was not anything to do with being in a war.
JFK came in and created a war by sending in 16,000 troops.
Obama drags us into Armageddon.
Yeah Kennedy sent in planners errr advisors..
the first American died there in 1963...
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