I won’t linger on this, but the Obama administration has made a real botch of Syria, misreading the Arab Spring from the start, empty threats, etc. That said: where now? At this point, there is no side in Syria that we are “for”—a point well made by Fareed Zakaria. But unlike Iran-Iraq war, Syria’s geography rules out “may both sides lose.” Too many refugees are too close to Europe. But the U.S. and the West do have a big interest in stopping Putin intervention in Syria. No Russian power in Mediterranean has been a US goal since …read more
Source: The Atlantic
