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February 21, 2020

The U.S. Must Make Clear to Russia and Iran That Its Patience Has Limits

Don’t repeat the mistakes of the Obama administration.

Commenting on the bloody assault on the Syrian city of Idlib by Bashar al-Assad’s forces and their Russian allies, National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien stated that he does not think that the U.S. will “intervene militarily.” While Washington ought not be in any rush to go to war with Russia over Syria, writes Frederic Hof, such declarations only serve to communicate weakness and undermine American deterrence. The mistakes of the Obama administration should be sufficient to make this clear:

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