Russian warplanes have been conducting strike in Syria. As have U.S. fighter-bombers. And, lest we forget, France has been doing a little bombing there as well. As Reuters reports:
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The U.S. seems less committed than France, however. This morning, we learn from Helene Cooper and Eric Schmitt at the New York Times that:
And, as Josh Rogin and Eli Lake write at Bloomberg:
There was a time when getting rid of Assad was the United States’ objective in Syria. A time when we warned him about “red lines” and how he was on the wrong side of the magisterial force known as “History.” But, then, who needs History when you have Russia on your side. To paraphrase Stalin, “How many divisions – or fighter bombers – does History have?”
So:
So, maybe the French will get it done.
