A perfect enemy

The political hurricane in Syria which erupted in March of 2011 caught the Obama administration flat-footed and unprepared. For nearly two years, since the beginning of his administration, President Obama had set out to normalize relations with that dictatorial regime. He was sure that engaging the regime in Damascus would deliver political dividends where the Bush strategy of taking on Syria, beginning in 2004-2005, had failed. But now the defect of the Obama policy of engagement has been laid bare.

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