WASHINGTON: The United States is coming under increasingly bitter criticism for its perceived lack of leadership over Syria as the country’s brutal civil conflict heads toward new levels of intensity.
Washington appears unable or unwilling to prevent its ally Turkey from bombing Kurdish fighters inside Syria, its critics say. And it has done little to rein in Russia’s mounting military involvement on behalf of Bashar al-Assad.
President Barack Obama (pix), at a summit in California, said “this is not a contest between me and Putin.”
“The real question we should be asking is what is it that Russia thinks it gains if it …read more
Source: theSun
