Washington - The US government sought on Friday to contain the negative impact of the leak of a critical internal message to the policy on Syria, but gave no sign that he was willing to consider military strikes against the forces of Syrian President Bashar al Assad, as advocated in the letter signed by dozens of US diplomats.
Several officials said that while the White House was ready to listen to the dissenting opinion of the diplomats, was not expected no change in President Barack Obama's approach to Syria in their last seven months in office.
A senior official said that the test of whether these proposals for more aggressive action receive a high level of attention is whether they "align with our view that there is no military solution to the conflict in Syria."
The document, sent through the "dissent channel" at the State Department, a channel for opposing views to be confidential, show divisions and long-standing frustrations among Obama aides about their response to the civil war five years in Syria.
Obama's policy in Syria is based avoid deeper military involvement in the chaotic Middle East and has been widely criticized as hesitant and risk aversion. The limited Obama's intervention focuses on the fight against the Islamic State, which controls chunks of Syria and Iraq and inspire attacks on US territory.
A message draft, signed by 51 people from the State Department, advocates "targeted military strikes" against the Assad regime, to which Obama opposes, to curb the persistent violations of a ceasefire with rebels backed by the US, which is largely ignored by Syria and its Russian allies.
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