June 10, 2014 | Quote
Robert Ford, A Hero In The Syria Debacle
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Jonathan Schanzer of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies observes via email that “the White House has punted on making the tough decisions for more than two years. After each punt, the situation in Syria has become more complicated and more dangerous. 160,000 lives later, the choices are tougher because the strongest counter to Assad are the jihadists. This explains the current paralysis, but certainly not the initial indecision that brought us to this point.”
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