Strikes Will Not Change Assad’s Calculus
Quoted in Atlantic Council,
No, I see a continuation of an as yet incoherent strategy. That strategy is meant to contain Syrian troubles to Syria—i.e., ISIS and refugees. But, and here let’s be frank, we don’t care enough about Syrian civilians to do anything more than that.
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“Strikes Will Not Change Assad’s Calculus,” Atlantic Council, 15 April 2018 (quoting H.A. Hellyer), https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/strikes-will-not-change-assad-s-calculus/.
(2018, April 15). Strikes Will Not Change Assad’s Calculus. Atlantic Council. https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/strikes-will-not-change-assad-s-calculus/
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