The White House on Friday played down the prospect of imposing a no-fly zone over Syria, saying the U.S. doesn't have a national interest in pursuing that option.<br /> <br />Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes told reporters a no-fly zone isn't a "silver bullet".<br /> <br />SOUNDBITE: Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes Saying:<br /> <br />"Frankly in Syria when you have a situation where regime forces are intermingled with opposition forces, they are fighting sometimes block by block in cities, that's not a problem you can solve from the air."<br /> <br />The statement comes one day after the administration said it would now ARM rebels.<br /> <br />But enforcing a no-fly zone, Rhodes said, could require intense, open-ended U.S. military engagement -- the sort of action NATO used to help topple Muammar Gaddafi in Libya.<br /> <br />THAT kind of military action could be vetoed in the U.N. Security Council by Assad's ally, Russia.<br /> <br />SOUNDBITE: Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes Saying:
