Obama’s Rocky Path to Success in Syria
When the major powers cooperate in a just cause, as the US and Russia have in reaching a deal on Syria's chemical weapons, the world is a safer and saner place. If US President Barack Obama’s caution and flexibility have been the key to getting us there, let us give praise where praise is due.
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NEW YORK – In my experience, if you are attacked for your diplomacy from both left and right, by doves and hawks, and by internationalists and isolationists, you probably have it just right. In the avalanche of commentary on this month’s US-Russia deal on Syria’s chemical weapons, few have been prepared to call it a “win-win-win” outcome for the United States, Russia, and the Syrian people. But – at least so far – that is what it is. President Barack Obama and his team, despite some missteps, deserve most of the credit.