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I wish I could post the entire article. The author uses to support training a "Syrian moderate opposition"
( he's a former Obama advisor)-
but recognizes that was never viable . He calls for a new strategy, and I find his reasoning very valid.
"Assad must go" was always a stupid meme -considering the void of alternatives.
It’s time to rethink Syria – POLITICO
If somehow the tragic trajectory of the conflict in Syria were not apparent enough, several dramatic developments in recent weeks have come together to make it impossible to ignore. The most obvious is the influx into Europe of tens of thousands of desperate, hungry refugees—so devoid of hope in their homeland or neighboring refugee camps they are willing to risk drowning and starvation
The second is the growing evidence of the failure of efforts to train and equip a moderate, unified opposition capable of pressuring the Assad regime to change
The third sign was the news that Russia has decided to deploy its own forces in Syria—allegedly to fight ISIL but clearly also to bolster the Assad regime. The essential problem with U.S. Syria policy since the start of the crisis has been the mismatch between objectives and means
( he's a former Obama advisor)-
but recognizes that was never viable . He calls for a new strategy, and I find his reasoning very valid.
"Assad must go" was always a stupid meme -considering the void of alternatives.
It’s time to rethink Syria – POLITICO
If somehow the tragic trajectory of the conflict in Syria were not apparent enough, several dramatic developments in recent weeks have come together to make it impossible to ignore. The most obvious is the influx into Europe of tens of thousands of desperate, hungry refugees—so devoid of hope in their homeland or neighboring refugee camps they are willing to risk drowning and starvation
The second is the growing evidence of the failure of efforts to train and equip a moderate, unified opposition capable of pressuring the Assad regime to change
The third sign was the news that Russia has decided to deploy its own forces in Syria—allegedly to fight ISIL but clearly also to bolster the Assad regime. The essential problem with U.S. Syria policy since the start of the crisis has been the mismatch between objectives and means