A direct US intervention in Syrian Civil War is looking increasingly unlikely: Chief of Staff Dempsey has been specifically shown for the first time as a military operation would take place – and listed monthly cost billions.

Martin Dempsey wrote a letter to Congress, and came quickly to the public. On Monday, the writing of the US Chiefs of Staff was known, in which he describes various options for a military intervention in Syria, his country. Dempsey discussed five options: from education and training weapons for the Syrian rebels to comprehensive operation of US ground troops in the war-torn country. He stressed that the decision on the way forward is for the policy.

Just last week, Dempsey had expressed about a possible US action in the civil war. At a congressional hearing, he said on Thursday the United States were considering the use of force in Syria. The government is currently discussing attacks. He had presented President Barack Obama several options for a military operation in the country fought for two and a half years.

In the now become known letter Dempsey explains the scenarios. In addition to training missions the U.S. armed forces in Syria could attack targeted the military government of President Bashar al-Assad devices from a distance. These hundreds of fighter aircraft and ships are needed, the costs “would go into the billions.”

The next step in the establishment of a no-fly zone would be considered to prevent air attacks by the Syrian government forces on the rebels, Dempsey wrote. Could also be established and monitored to protect the numerous refugees so-called humanitarian corridors, which is expected to more than a billion dollars (760 million euros) would cost a month. Finally, the General described the possibility, “Thousands of special forces and other ground forces” to use to attack possible storage of chemical weapons and bring it under US control.

In the letter, which was addressed to the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Carl Levin, Dempsey also warned against the risks of a US military intervention in Syria. As extremists could be strengthened and the leadership to execute Assad could retaliate.

The Reluctant tenor of the letter from Dempsey fits the changing rhetoric of the White House in relation to Syria. The U.S. government has long since departed from the assumption that President Assad could be history soon. Last was the language regime, we assume that Assad will never again rule over Syria.

The U.S. supports the Syrian rebels currently with humanitarian aid and non-lethal equipment such as body armor and communications. In June, the U.S. government announced military aid to the rebels, because it considers the use of chemical weapons by the government forces to be established.

In the Syrian civil war which grew out of the uprising against Assad more than two years ago, according to activists, more than 100,000 people were killed.

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