FOREIGN AFFAIRS: The folly of a US-led Syria strike*

The civil and religious war in Syria, already characterised by the most appalling brutality, plumbed even deeper levels of depravity with the use of poison gas late in August. At the time of writing, UN inspectors had visited the site of the attack on the outskirts of the capital Damascus, and taken samples back to their base for analysis. However, the well-placed Foreign Policy magazine alleged that US intelligence services overheard a Syrian defence ministry official making “panicked p…

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