Editorial: What America does — and doesn't — want in Syria
by The Chicago Tribune Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune
Apr 15, 2018
2 minutes
In the early stretches of the seven-year Syrian civil war, President Barack Obama proclaimed a clear mission: Syrian President Bashar Assad had to go. Assad didn't.
Then Obama dared Assad to cross a U.S. red line on the use of chemical weapons in the war. Assad did.
Assad suffered no serious consequences. Obama eventually allowed limited U.S. military involvement and put faith in a brokered
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