Old Bush/Cheney Tricks in Syria
Editorial, The Boston Globe | October 30, 2008
US interests, and its allies, were dealt a severe blow when US commandos attacked an alleged Al Qaeda operative in Syria, killing seven civilians. ++ The risks of such an attack include “sabotaging Israeli-Syrian peace talks, reversing the trend of Syrian cooperation in Iraq and Lebanon, and playing into the hands of Iran,” which undoubtedly outweigh any “fleeting tactical benefits” that might have come from such a brazen violation of international law. ++ The next US president must work to bring those norms back into mainstream US policy.
