For many of us who were in the United States government in 2013, when the images of women and children writhing in pain in the Damascus suburb of Ghouta first brought the United States to the brink of airstrikes against the Syrian government, watching as 59 Tomahawk missiles were fired into a regime airbase in Homs was at once cathartic and not entirely satisfying.I’m glad it happened. I’m supportive. But where do we go from here?The aftermath of the strikes underscores what we knew in 2013 would be true even if Congress had acted quickly to give President Obama the …read more
Source: The Atlantic
