![]() ![]() One officer/faculty member who exemplifies this attitude said this past April, “we don’t want second lieutenant strategic thinkers. ![]() Some have questioned such a panel for cadets. Each view is important, particularly to cadets personally grappling with these real world issues for the first time. The panelists each commented on Syria within their area of expertise, and what follows is the set of edited, written remarks from the event (provided by each panelist). In this context, the Defense and Strategic Studies Program at West Point organized a multi-disciplinary, academic and professional forum on 6 September 2013, to discuss the many perspectives on potential American military intervention in Syria. Many of these teachers, in turn, are talking about the issue and wondering if this might turn into the next deployment or combat stripe. At West Point, in class, many instructors find cadets asking pointed questions about possible American intervention. The Obama Administration has declared the Syrian government in breach of an international norm against the use of chemical weapons, raising the threat of coercive military force to preclude future violation. United States Military Academy, Defense and Strategic Studies Division ![]() West Point’s Defense and Strategic Studies “War Council” Series ![]()
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