U.S. President Barack Obama departs to travel to a town hall meeting with service members at Fort Meade, from the White House in Washington Sept. 11, 2015. (Reuters)
Fareed Zakaria, Washington Post: The dangers of Obama’s incrementalism
It is difficult to find anyone in the Obama administration who believes that putting up to 50 Special Operations soldiers on the ground in Syria will make much of a difference in the raging civil war there. And yet, the president has authorized this expansion of America’s military intervention for the same reasons that he has approved incremental escalations for the past year and a half. He believes he has to do something .
But what he is doing will not work. And in a few months, the United States will face the challenge again — back down or double down. So far, President Obama has responded each time with increased intervention.
Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- November 6, 2015
Boots on Syrian soil -- National Post editorial
Syria will be the next Vietnam-style war if Obama doesn't learn from history -- Erik Goepner and A Trevor Thrall, The Guardian
Airliner Disaster Could Pull Russia Deeper Into Syria -- Oliphant, Telegraph
Moscow Needs An Exit Strategy For Its Syrian Quagmire -- Raghida Dergham, Huffington Post
Lebanon, Quiet Metaphor Of The Middle East On The Brink -- Francesca Paci, World Crunch
Terror Attack or Not, Jet Crash Is a Disaster for Egypt Tourism -- Salma El Wardany & Caroline Alexander, Bloomberg
Allies of Egypt's Leader Fear He's in Jihadis' Crosshairs -- Eli Lake & Josh Rogin, Bloomberg
Why does the West need Sisi? -- Insider Story/Al Jazeera
Historic China-Taiwan meeting about symbolism, not substance -- Christopher Bodeen, AP
Taiwan and mainland China in talks? Here are the 5 things you need to know about what Taiwanese people are thinking. -- Austin Wang, Washington Post
Russian Military Bets on Innovation -- Samuel Bendett, Compass
Left Behind: Life in Purgatory on the Ukrainian Front Lines -- Christian Neef, Spiegel Online
A Post-Peronist President at Last? -- Uki Goni, NYT
Puerto Rico's Murky Math -- Lisa Abramowicz, Bloomberg
What Makes a Great James Bond Villain? -- Jack Martinez, Newsweek
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