(Washington Institute for Near East Policy) Jeffrey White - Since direct international military intervention in Syria has been ruled out, indirect intervention - the provision of military and political assistance to the regime's opponents - offers an alternative option that could yield success with less risk and cost. The U.S. and others could provide weapons, training and intelligence to resistance fighters, help build enhanced capabilities for sabotage operations, and support a campaign of political warfare. Such a campaign could include information and psychological operations directed at the regime, the jamming of Syrian government communications, and the undermining of loyalties to the regime through financial or personal security inducements (e.g., exemption from prosecution, visas, and offers of asylum). The writer, a former senior intelligence officer, is a defense fellow at The Washington Institute.
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