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Gen. Petraeus: Don't send ground troops to Syria 'Humpty Dumpty can't be put back togeth
• Rare.UsSyria "may be a Humpty Dumpty that can't be put back together again," retired four-star general and former CIA Director David Petraeus said in an interview aired Monday night amid a discussion about the regional complexities in the coalition fight against the Islamic State. […]
Earlier in the interview, Petraeus urged against keeping American boots on the ground as "not sustainable."
"I would not at this point," Petraeus said. "Again, you need to have a hold force that has legitimacy in the eyes of people that has to be Sunni Arab forces."
Asked whether it should be American forces, Petraeus said, "it should not be."