Syria's President Bashar al-Assad delivers a speech to Syria's parliament in Damascus, June 3, 2012. (photo by REUTERS/SANA/Handout)
The Soft Approach Toward Syria Won't Work -- Aaron David Miller, al-Monitor
The demise of the Annan plan for Syria is quickly giving rise to yet another dubious gambit: that the way to bring president Bashar al-Assad down is to get the Russians to walk away from him. It’s certainly worth a try. But in the end, if the United States wants the regime out, it will have to find a way to pressure it with force.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
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Impotent UN must sway Russia over intervention in Syria -- David Owen, Sydney Morning Herald
US: Syria plotting more massacres, but intervening would make it worse -- Ariel Zirulnick, Christian Science Monitor
NATO’s lost lessons from Libya -- Marc Garlasco, Washington Post
Turkey’s Facebook Arrests -- Michael Rubin, Commentary
Burma: Rakhine strife tests reforms -- Bangkok Post editorial
Europe Unprepared as Euro Crisis Deepens -- Stefan Kaiser, Spiegel Online
No Spain -- New York Times editorial
The End of the Asian Miracle -- Antoine van Agtmael, Foreign Policy
John Wayne Obama -- Washington Times editorial
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