Saturday, August 31, 2013

How do you solve a problem like Sy-ri-a?

How do you solve a problem like Sy-ri-a?

I agree with Bret Stephens: Target Assad. Worth a read.

Bret's views are expanded in this interview with Hugh Hewitt. Extract:
We have a strategic interest in punishing people who use chemical weapons. We have a strategic interest in maintaining the credibility of an American president’s word. We have a strategic interest in making sure that the Syrian civil war does not become a regional civil war. And above all, we have a strategic interest in putting Hezbollah and its masters in Tehran on the back foot....
Final point, Hugh, don’t think that Israelis aren’t looking very carefully at the way the President acts toward Syria in determining whether he’s going to act in any significant way toward Israel, because he’s already demonstrated that his red lines are effectively meaningless. And we will face a real and genuinely worrisome foreign policy challenge if Israel feels it has to go it alone against Iran and their nuclear program.
Have a good Labor Day Week-end.

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"... nothing intellectually compelling or challenging.. bald assertions coupled to superstition... woefully pathetic"