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Syria, again
I used to think how fortunate I was to have no living memory of the Cold War. Now it looks like I just might get a second chance to relive those highlights.
Efforts to broker a diplomatic settlement between Assad and moderate rebels show no promise right now. Russia and China have blocked any effort by the United Nations Security Council to tighten the pressure on the regime in Damascus.
But senior intelligence officials late last month opened a new path for Obama to increase U.S. involvement in a way that wouldn’t require congressional authorization, could minimize a public backlash, and might give Syria’s moderates some breathing room.
How? By telling Congress that Syria increasingly serves as a base, not just a battleground, for extremist groups looking to someday attack the United States.
http://news.yahoo.com/obama-may-escalate-role-in-syrian-war-020535771.html
But senior intelligence officials late last month opened a new path for Obama to increase U.S. involvement in a way that wouldn’t require congressional authorization, could minimize a public backlash, and might give Syria’s moderates some breathing room.
How? By telling Congress that Syria increasingly serves as a base, not just a battleground, for extremist groups looking to someday attack the United States.
http://news.yahoo.com/obama-may-escalate-role-in-syrian-war-020535771.html
Russia is oppressing the Ukraine and propping up Assad. They won't take kindly to us meddling in their toy box.