Middle East

Let It Bleed: No American Action Can Resolve the Syrian Conflict

Quagmire

Punishing the Assad regime will sink the United States more deeply than ever into the epicenter of a widening regional conflict.

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With the United States on the verge, once again, of military action in the Middle East, it’s important to look at the Syrian conflict as what it is: the epicenter of a widening regional conflict.

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