Be Careful What You Wish For In Syria

Hope For Syria?

Ambassador Theodore Kattouf on what might be the only hope for Syria: getting the Russians to help oust Assad.

Published Dec. 7 2012 5:00PM EST

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Just prior to ending my tour in Syria as U.S. Ambassador in August 2003, I sent off an analysis of what de-stabilizing the Assad regime could mean for U.S.

Theodore Kattouf

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Be Careful What You Wish For In Syria

Ambassador Theodore Kattouf on what might be the only hope for Syria: getting the Russians to help oust Assad.

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Theodore Kattouf