Pentagon: America will be ready if needed in Syria

WASHINGTON — U.S. mil­i­tary lead­ers clearly expressed reluc­tance about using Amer­i­can might to stop the unend­ing vio­lence in Syria, insist­ing that diplo­macy remains the best option to force Pres­i­dent Bashar Assad to end the bru­tal crack­down on his own people.