U.S. military action against Syria would carry the risk of inadvertently hitting a chemical weapons site, President Barack Obama told to PBS television in an interview on Monday.

“Have we mapped all of the chemical weapons facilities inside of Syria to make sure that we don’t drop a bomb on a chemical weapons facility that ends up then dispersing chemical weapons and killing civilians, which is exactly what we’re trying to prevent?” AFP news agency quoted Obama as saying during the interview.

Obama further expressed skepticism over whether setting a no-fly zone or waging a major military offensive against Damascus would save lives or change balance of power on the battlefield.

Supporters of a bold intervention in Syria failed to understand the complexity of the situation as there is no one simple solution, Obama said. “If you set up a no-fly zone, that you may not be actually solving the problem,” he added.

[link to english.alarabiya.net]