| The American Urge to Intervene in Syria William Pfaff |
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on 2013/5/9 | http://www.williampfaff.com/ |
Paris, May 8, 2013
--The present debate in the United States over making policy for a
Middle East that has been profoundly changed by the events of the past
three years unhappily echoes past policies that failed. They were
intended to promote democracy, and usually took the form of military
intervention.
The most important current argument is over intervention in the Syrian civil war. But to what American purpose? As always, democracy-promotion, Washington says. Is this either politically or militarily feasible in Syria today? What contribution does intervention make to the question most on Americans’ minds today: what relevance has this to America’s domestic terrorist threat? |
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