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US Strategy in Syria: Road to disaster
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 Dar Al-Shifa hospital, Aleppo, after airstrikes targeted the area, killing dozens in Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Narciso)
 US strategy towards Syria remains ineffective, confused and doomed for disaster. Key US interests simply have not been defined in the context of Syria. While regional stability is a vital interest this is not a situation where increased US involvement can help. As Hugh White has recently pointed out the entire Sykes Picot era is rapidly crumbling. For the US, or any other power, to think that they dramatically alter this wider strategic change rests on little more than hope and nostalgia. The initial restraint from Obama was well founded. While different, Iraq and Afghanistan highlight how full scale involvement does not lead to desired outcomes either. Nonetheless, the US has decided to be directly involved.
 The decision to support anti-government forces lacks any overarching strategic guidan...
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