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Reluctant U.S. Prepares Military Options for Syria

Officials want 'diplomatic and political' solution, but plans are being drawn for potential strikes

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Administration officials are quick to note Syria is not Libya, where air and naval strikes were easier. What's more, administration officials are holding by an assessment that al Qaeda elements are included in the groups fighting Assad's regime.

U.S. estimates say there are more than 100 opposition groups involved in the deadly classes. Dempsey said al Qaeda fighters are "there trying to exploit" the situation.

McCain rejects that notion, saying he has met Syrian opposition leaders who attended the University of Alabama.

"They are not fighting and dying because they are Muslim extremists,” McCain said.

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Reluctant? The U.S. and the U.K. have been actively seeking to start a war with Syria, sending dissidents into Syria to stir up trouble and commit acts of violence in order to blame Assad's regime.

Just as the U.S. tried to interfere with the recent Russian presidential elections in which they planted dissidents in Russia and have collaborated with Israel to assassinate Iranian scientists and sabotage the Iranian infrastructure, they seek to do the same elsewhere because they want to impose their will on every nation on earth.

Jose Colon of NY 1:53PM March 07, 2012

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