The Obama Administration's 'Worst Case Scenario' Is Happening In Syria

[FarCenter]

The New York Times recently published a deep dive into the Obama administration's policy in Syria, detailing a deeply conflicted cabinet and a disengaged president over the last two years.

The result has been a hesitant strategy that has largely backfired.

The Times quotes a classified State Department briefing paper from June 10 that painted a grim picture of the rebellion as led by the West's preferred rebel commander, Gen. Salim Idris of the Supreme Military Council (SMC) and the Free Syrian Army (FSA):

“We are headed toward our worst case scenario: rebel gains evaporating, the moderate opposition — including Salim Idriss — imploding, large ungoverned spaces, [Syrian President Bashar al-Assad] holding on indefinitely, neighbors endangered, and Iran, Hizbollah, and Iraqi militias taking root,” the paper concluded.

More than four months later, the U.S. has reached its definition of the worst case.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/worst-case-scenario-for-the-us-in-syria-2013-10

[Turbineguy]

1. Yes, well the time to get on board was 2 years ago.

But the "party of no" would have knifed Obama in the back. So yes, the GOP doesn't just harm Americans.

[spanone]

2. alert the united nations.

[leveymg]

3. The worst-case scenario was setting off a regional religious war. That happened two years ago

under Hillary Clinton and David Petraeus.

[riderinthestorm]

4. With Saudi and the other Gulf state's help.

Sectarian warfare purposefully slammed unto a tiny grass roots anti-Assad protest.

The US.has been involved since the start leveymg. Well said sadly.