Syria air strikes: Pres. Obama undergoes Damascene conversion as Isis forces America to change tack

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After years in which Bashar al-Assad was a sworn enemy, the spread of the Islamist terror group has forced an unholy alliance with the regime. But can it succeed?

Patrick Cockburn

Tuesday 23 September 2014

As America and its Arab allies targeted Islamic militants in Syria for the first time, killing at least 120 of them, it is evident that Washington is no longer giving priority to removing President Bashar al-Assad from power. This means the US is shifting away from its policy of the past three years when it insisted that no negotiations were possible except about his removal.

Britain is poised to join the alliance after the Government gave the strongest indication yet that it would seek parliamentary approval for air strikes in Iraq as early as Friday.

While David Cameron said that the UK keeps “looking at what more we can do”, the Defence Secretary, Michael Fallon, said that he hoped Parliament would have the “mental strength to take on this challenge” of Isis. In an interview with The Spectator Mr Fallon hinted that British involvement could be extended to carrying out air strikes in Syria.

“Iraq is under attack not just from terrorists inside its own borders but it is under attack from terrorists in the north of Syria, and if Syria continues to be unwilling or unable to deal with Isil [Isis] then at least the question arises as to whether we shouldn’t assist Iraq in doing so,” he said.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/syria-air-strikes-president-obama-undergoes-damascene-conversion-as-isis-forces-america-to-change-tack-9751912.html

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1. the bad guys will disperse and blend in

we don't have enough bombs to
blow up every SUV in Syria.

the people of Syria will learn
to fight back