Question for Obama: Why is arming a "moderate" Syrian opposition no longer a "fantasy"?
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Back in January Obama suggested to David Remnick that trying to arm and shape a "moderate" opposition to Assad was futile: ... I asked Obama if he was haunted by Syria, and, though the mask of his equipoise rarely slips, an indignant expression crossed his face. “I am haunted by what’s happened,” he said. “I am not haunted by my decision not to engage in another Middle Eastern war. It is very difficult to imagine a scenario in which our involvement in Syria would have led to a better outcome, short of us being willing to undertake an effort in size and scope similar to what we did in Iraq. And when I hear people suggesting that somehow if we had just financed and armed the opposition earlier, that somehow Assad would be gone by now and we’d have a peaceful transition, it’s magical thinking.
Question for Obama: Why is arming a "moderate" Syrian opposition no longer a "fantasy"?
Question for Obama: Why is arming a…
Question for Obama: Why is arming a "moderate" Syrian opposition no longer a "fantasy"?
Back in January Obama suggested to David Remnick that trying to arm and shape a "moderate" opposition to Assad was futile: ... I asked Obama if he was haunted by Syria, and, though the mask of his equipoise rarely slips, an indignant expression crossed his face. “I am haunted by what’s happened,” he said. “I am not haunted by my decision not to engage in another Middle Eastern war. It is very difficult to imagine a scenario in which our involvement in Syria would have led to a better outcome, short of us being willing to undertake an effort in size and scope similar to what we did in Iraq. And when I hear people suggesting that somehow if we had just financed and armed the opposition earlier, that somehow Assad would be gone by now and we’d have a peaceful transition, it’s magical thinking.