Even the legendary Houdini can’t get the U.S. out of its Syrian straightjacket. For over three agonizing years the Obama Administration has twisted itself into diplomatic contortions in vain attempts to downplay Syria’s infectious civil war as a policy and humanitarian challenge to American national security. Instead, avoiding any tangible involvement in Syria became THE vital national security interest for a White House determined to avoid at all costs becoming entangled in another Middle East conflict.
For a White House that has warily considered the Syrian crisis in pure black and white terms, tonight’s tardy admission of crossed chemical weapons red lines is, well, a very inconvenient truth.
So now, the President has stumbled into the worst of all worlds. He is being dragged kicking and screaming into providing the Syrian rebels with pee shooters when the besieged Free Syrian Army desperately needs anti-aircraft weapons to avoid more consequential battlefield setbacks. To add insult to injury the White House made sure to highlight a long list of “no’s” when it comes to providing arms that could make the difference against Assad: no no-fly zone, no anti aircraft weapons, no air strikes against chemical weapons bases, no drone strikes against Hezbollah and Iranian supplies lines.
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