"It’s hard to believe, but the debacle that is the Obama Administration’s Syria policy could get worse. U.S. sources have been leaking that Russia may be preparing for a major military deployment to keep Bashar Assad in power in Damascus.
By some reports quoting Western diplomats, a Russian expeditionary force is already in Syria preparing for the arrival of jets and attack helicopters to carry out strikes against Islamic State. The State Department said in a weekend statement that Secretary of State John Kerry
warned his Russian counterpart against such an intervention in a phone call.No doubt that warning will work about as well as Mr. Kerry’s demands that the Kremlin stop promoting separatist forces against Ukraine."
http://www.wsj.com/articles/another-syria-failure-1441667305
What would reduce harm and suffering, reduce violence - in the short-term, the long-term - what is skillful?
Here is another perspective from a Russian dissident:
"The Rewards of the Obama Doctrine : Offering a helping hand to America’s enemies in Iran, Russia and Cuba will ruin lives and many more will die." Gary Kasparov
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-rewards-of-the-obama-doctrine-1441841431
And from the NY Times, "Obama's Syrian Nightmare".
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/11/opinion/roger-cohen-obamas-syrian-nightmare.html?_r=0
