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Entanglement in a bloody, brutal civil war. third, there s a good chance an american military strike will make the situation worse as middle east scholar juan cole argues, the only hope there is of any kind of negotiated settlement in syria, is if both sides conclude they re stuck in a stalemate and grow weary of bloodshed. they ll act as a signal that rebels should keep fighting with the possible future intervention, get rid of whatever incentive they may have to go to the negotiating table. of course we should be honest leer. bashar al assad is a maniacal butcher and what he s done is unspeakable. many though certainly not all are jihadis that have threatened atrocities. i ve heard people talk about a diplomatic solution to this war. i get the nagging sense that s just a phrase those of us on the left use to aswathe our ....
The vote in congress, for example, if it turns out to be split evenly or if there s a very heavy vote against it will further complicate issues. i hope the united states acts now in keeping with its commitment. it has made a commitment. i hope congress supports the president. i hope we then close the chapter on two years, as you have correctly described them, are very inept performance by the united states internationally. we now have to think in a larger perspective. we have to ask ourselves is the region sliding into an explosion. and what can we do, together with others, to avert that. richard, is it possible for us to make this move, to do the strike, because at this point not to do it would clearly be would be in some ways a collapse of credibility, but to do it and then stop, as he is suggesting? have we not inched forward over ....
Then, just about a year ago, came the off-the-cuff remarks about a red line on chemical weapons. insufficiently thought through but now publicly stated and definitive. since then, american foreign policy towards syria has largely been concerned about ensuring that obama s threat does not seem empty. after all, what american national interest is being followed? the administration says it is upholding international law. except, as fred kaplan points out, the institutions that embody international law and consensus, the united nations and other international organizations, do not support this action. the united states plus france and turkey cannot be considered the embodiment of international law and global public opinion. the nature of the strike we are told will be short and symbolic. a shot across the bow in the midst of a civil war in which both sides are in a high-stakes struggle for survival. ....
The last year more and more to a point where we have a dog in this fight? well, it s important to do the strike. as you say, we ve made it more difficult on ourselves with the delay, with now the need for congressional authorization. we ve raised all sorts of questions about our reliability. we ve raised questions about our predictability and so forth. i also think we ve now made it more difficult to thread the needle as the president wants to do. all along he said he wanted to reinforce this norm against chemical weapons use. he doesn t want to get the united states enmeshed in the syrian civil war. now with the ability to prepare psychologically and physically against these attacks, it seems that the administration needs to do a pinprick or a shot across the bow or anything token doesn t underscore the norm. it defeats the purpose, which is to inflict real pain and cost on the syrian government for using chemical weapons. ....
Weapons. insufficiently thought through but now publicly stated and definitive. since then, american foreign policy towards syria has largely within concerned about ensuring that obama s threat does not seem empty. after all, what american national interest is being followed? the administration says it is upholding international law. except, as fred kaplan points out, the institutions that embody international law and consensus, the united nations and other international organizations, do not support this action. the united states plus france and turkey cannot be considered the embodiment of international law and global public opinion. the nature of the strike we are told will be short and symbolic. a shot across the bow in the midst of a civil war in which both sides are in a high-stakes struggle for survival. does anyone think this will make any difference? and then the strangest twist, an unplanned last-minute appeal to ....