Obama is playing a dangerous game with Russia and Iran, and Washington’s realists and neo-isolationists are making it worse
Since the beginning of the Syrian civil war, Washington has been divided in raucous debate. Is Syria the next Vietnam? Will Obama get bogged down in Syria? In doing so, America relinquished leadership and failed to show resolve at a critical moment. We can see the ramifications of that failure to act today throughout the region but perhaps most poignantly inside Syria itself. Assad is emboldened and remains in power. Iran meddles in both Syrian and Iraqi affairs with impunity. And Russia …read more
Source: The Huffington Post