Don’t greenlight Mr. Putin’s Syria project
- 9 years ago
PRESIDENT OBAMA'S response to Russia's military campaign in Syria increasingly appears to boil down to "let them have it."
Mr. Obama has taken to lecturing Vladimir Putin that he is making a mistake that will result in a " quagmire ," while publicly assuring him that the United States will do nothing to contest the concerted assault the Russian president has launched against Syrian rebels, including those who have been trained and supplied by the United States.
Mr. Obama responded to Russia's invasion of Ukraine by predicting it would be self defeating; 20 months later, Mr. Putin controls Crimea and a slice of eastern Ukraine and has won Western agreement for a political settlement that, if fully implemented, will cripple Ukraine's democratic government.
The president appears to have decided on a course of stepping up U.S. support for existing Syrian forces fighting the Islamic State in the eastern part of the country, including Kurds and Sunni tribes.
Mr. Obama has taken to lecturing Vladimir Putin that he is making a mistake that will result in a " quagmire ," while publicly assuring him that the United States will do nothing to contest the concerted assault the Russian president has launched against Syrian rebels, including those who have been trained and supplied by the United States.
Mr. Obama responded to Russia's invasion of Ukraine by predicting it would be self defeating; 20 months later, Mr. Putin controls Crimea and a slice of eastern Ukraine and has won Western agreement for a political settlement that, if fully implemented, will cripple Ukraine's democratic government.
The president appears to have decided on a course of stepping up U.S. support for existing Syrian forces fighting the Islamic State in the eastern part of the country, including Kurds and Sunni tribes.