INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: No military solution in sight to end Syrian civil war

United States President Barack Obama’s legacy looks likely to be a cause of more than usual controversy. But one thing is certain — you wouldn’t want to be in a poker game with him. In the space of a month, he held his nerve when all around him were urging him to “do something” about the Assad regime in Syria. He then stared down the Republican’s Tea Party faction over the Budget and debt ceiling, in what is universally recognised to be an electoral disaster for the Grand Old Party. What we can say about Obama is that, despite plenty…