Obama admits his strategy in Syria 'has not worked'
Alex Lockie
Nov. 15, 2016, 2:38 PM 14,807
U.S. President Barack Obama arrives to address a news conference in the White House press briefing room in Washington, U.S., November 14, 2016. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst US President Barack Obama arriving to address a news conference at the White House. Thomson Reuters
This week, President Barack Obama admitted that the US had essentially been muscled out of Syria by being relegated to a diplomatic role in the country.
"With respect to Syria, in Benghazi we had an international mandate," Obama said at a Monday news conference, comparing the situation in Syria to the 2011 intervention against Libyan Col. Muammar Gaddafi. "We had a UN Security resolution. We had a broad-based coalition, and we were able to carry out a support mission that achieved the initial goal of preventing Benghazi from being slaughtered fairly quickly."
http://www.businessinsider.com/obama-admits-russia-muscled-us-out-syria-2016-11
