Via The Hill:

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey said Sunday that if Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants pose a direct threat to the United States, he would recommend that the U.S. military act against the group in Syria.

“I can tell you with great clarity and certainty that if that threat existed inside of Syria that it would certainly be my strong recommendation that we would deal with it,” Dempsey told reporters on a military plane en route to Afghanistan, according to The Associated Press.

“I have every confidence that the president of the United States would deal with it.” Dempsey stated, adding that ISIS doesn’t yet appear to pose a direct threat to the U.S and remains just a regional threat to the Middle East.