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September 26, 2016

While Failing to Act against Syria, the President Lectures Others on their Humanitarian Duty

The fruits of toothless diplomacy.

Addressing the United Nations last Tuesday, the president compared the plight of Syrian refugees to that of “Jews fleeing Nazi Germany,” and declared that “history will judge us harshly if we do not rise to this moment.” He then said that “to address the crisis, wars like the savagery in Syria must be brought to an end, and it will be brought to an end through political settlement and diplomacy, and not simply by bombing.” Eli Lake comments:

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