August 26, 2014 | Quote
The Rise Of ISIS Creates A Trap For Obama In Syria
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Tony Badran, a research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told Business Insider that Assad and Iran have been adjusting policy based on Obama's clear reluctance to interfere in Syria, his fear of what could come after Assad, and his distrust of the Free Syrian Army.
“Once you put all of these things together, and make ISIS the priority, then policy is boxed in,” Badran said. In this way, working with Assad “is the option that the president has created by result of his policy decisions and the result of his grander view of the region in regards to detente with the Iranians.”
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