Mission Creep? Obama Approves "Surveillance Flights" in Syria
How intelligible is American foreign policy? Not very as Guy explained in his post yesterday: "During last summer's debate," he wrote, "we were discussing strikes against the Assad regime. Today, we're talking about entering the country to defeat ISIS, which is intent on overthrowing the Assad regime and expanding its Islamist caliphate. The butcher we threatened to bomb last year now stands to benefit from our anti-ISIS campaign."
This of course makes any discussion of expanding military airstrikes into Syria all the more complicated. On the one hand, if the president approves intervention, he could insulate and embolden Syrian President Bashar al-Assad even more -- a known despot. On the other hand, if we do nothing, ISIS' dream of an Islamic caliphate stretching from Iraq's northern border across all of Syria isn't wholly out of the question. Neither of these outcomes, in other words, is particularly desirable.
For now, however, the New York Times confirmed yesterday that the president is slowly but surely inching towards military intervention...Also read:
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