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Obama caves to conventional wisdom on Syria
The Obama administration’s decision to seek
$500 million to train and fund elements of the Syrian opposition
has been greeted with bipartisan support in Washington. The general
consensus is that, if the administration had done this three years ago,
the situation in Syria would not have turned into a sectarian civil war.
But this conventional wisdom is wrong. The administration is caving in
to the classic Washington desire to “do something” in the face of a
terrible situation without any clear sense as to whether it would
improve things or make matters worse.
“The Syrian people started this revolution through peaceful demonstrations,’’
said Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.)
— one of many to make the case that the struggle has turned sectarian
because Washington was passive while it grew more intense. “These
radical Islamists are hijacking the revolution,” Graham explained.
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