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President Biden, Make a Deal With Putin

President Biden, Make a Deal With Putin

A note on US foreign policy

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Feb 12, 2022
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In the Syrian war, the United States began by denouncing the Assad regime and supporting his overthrow by a pro-Western urbanite coalition of forces. That dream evaporated in 2012-2014 as salafi-jihadist groups became predominant in the Syrian rebellion. As I wrote towards the end of this process:

There is no shame is admitting that Assad’s poison pill …

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