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Opinion: It is Safer to be Skeptical than Naive

Opinion: It is Safer to be Skeptical than Naive

by | Oct 16, 2014 | Opinion

Yet again, Washington has turned down all calls for safe havens and no-fly zones in Syria’s border areas. It has thus far refused to answer a vital question: If it really believes that “Bashar Al-Assad has no place in the future of Syria,” then what practical steps is...