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Lunes, Setyembre 9, 2013

Obama Against the World

By now it is increasingly clear that the world rejects any form of military strike against the almost 3 year old Syrian Civil War. It has also become clear that most Americans are against any strike in Syria. Obama is practically isolated in his desire to attack Syria, albeit on a limited scale.

Obama has a long and lonely road on the matter of striking Syria. A long and lonely road against an American public in particular and the wider world in general weary and traumatized by the spectacular misadventures of George W. Bush in Iraq and Afghanistan. Everyone is really tired of the seemingly endless retinue of wars and conflicts that have disheartened and exhausted the world. It is no surprising that Obama will have an uphill battle in the manner of providing a convincing argument for a support to strike Syria. As a matter of fact, I don't think the American public or even the community of nations is in the mood of getting tangled in Syria, regardless of the reason, and for that matter, regardless of the cost to life heaped by Bashar al-Assad against his own people.


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