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September 1, 2016

Sorry Excuses for a Misguided Policy in Syria

Attacking straw men.

The Obama administration, writes Frederic Hof, has thus far “not defended a single . . . civilian from the Assad-Russia-Iran onslaught” that is responsible for the majority of the human suffering in Syria. Addressing questions about this policy last week, Press Secretary Joshua Earnest insisted that the 2003 invasion of Iraq somehow proves that any intervention against Bashar al-Assad and his backers would be futile. Hof comments:

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