Dozens of U.S. Diplomats Urge Obama to Strike Assad in Syria - NY Times

[TomSea]

Dozens of U.S. Diplomats Urge Obama to Strike Assad in Syria

WASHINGTON — More than 50 State Department diplomats have signed an internal memo sharply critical of the Obama administration’s policy in Syria, urging the United States to carry out military strikes against the government of President Bashar al-Assad to stop its persistent violations of a cease-fire in the country’s five-year-old civil war.

The memo, a draft of which was provided to The New York Times by a State Department official, says American policy has been “overwhelmed” by the unrelenting violence in Syria. It calls for “a judicious use of stand-off and air weapons, which would undergird and drive a more focused and hard-nosed U.S.-led diplomatic process.”

Such a step would represent a radical shift in the administration’s approach to the civil war in Syria, and there is little evidence that President Obama has plans to change course. Mr. Obama has emphasized the military campaign against the Islamic State over efforts to dislodge Mr. Assad. Diplomatic efforts to end the conflict, led by Secretary of State John Kerry, have all but collapsed.

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[geronl]

If we are going to fight both sides, then let's just stay out.

[WAC]

Won't happen on Obama's watch as doing so will mean a direct response from Russia.......Obama won't chance that unless war with Russia would mean another term for him....and that's not of interest to him.

The US agenda is STILL to replace ASSAD.........Like they did in Libya and Egypt when neither leader would support the Global Agenda for the Mediterranian .........that is at the heart of this.

Unfortunately people everywhere are war weary with Syria, refugees and the like... so I won't be surprised if a coalition doesn't in time pull this off anyway.  Even the Muslim countries want this settled one way or another.