Conflicted​: On Syria, Obama A Little Bit Pregnant................from Dan Friedman

US closer to calling for Assad to go

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration is edging closer to calling for an end to the long rule of the Assad family in Syria. Administration officials said Tuesday that the first step would be to say for the first time that President Bashar Assad has forfeited his legitimacy to rule, a major policy shift that would amount to a call for regime change that has questionable support in the world community.

[One wonders what’s been taking him so long. And one concludes if Assad goes, so goes the last brick in the crumbling “peace process.” And when that goes, so goes Obama’s chance to shrink and weaken Israel. df]

Dan Friedman
NYC