Washington Faces Difficult Choices On Syria -- Voice of America
As the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and exiled opposition leaders prepare for a second round of peace talks in Geneva on Monday, U.S. officials are seeing a growing terrorism threat and a regional spillover from the conflict in Syria
Washington has been pushing hard for a negotiated end to the nearly three-year long civil war. But expectations are low after the sides failed to make any progress during the previous round of discussions in Geneva.
In the meantime, the fighting has continued increasing pressure on the Obama administration, which has given indications in recent weeks that its view of the conflict may be changing.
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My Comment: The White House had already indicated (last year) that they were not even going to respect their own red lines on Syrian chemical use .... so why assume that they still have options available now. Bottom line .... everyone knows that the U.S. has zero interest to become actively involved in the Syrian civil war .... so the push to convince us that they are pondering some options is nothing more but a PR push to convince us that they are doing something.
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There is no proof that Syria employed chemical weapons. Obama made his claims while disregarding US intel. There are indications that anti-Syria forces were responsible.
So much for red lines.
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