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Subject: Syria articles (WP, NYT)
Summary: Syrian President Assad is highly unlikely to enact reform, and as such the US must be prepared to
support ... Syria seeking change, opines a Washington Post editorial. Ahead of a planned address, Assad
will attempt to hold onto power even as he effectively sacks much of his government, according ... Washington
Post op-ed. Assad could use the address as an opportunity to enact actual reform, writes a New York Times op-
ed. US Senator Kerry has indicated that this
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plays by what I call Hama Rules, which are no rules at
all. The Assad regime deliberately killed
demonstrators to turn this conflict into a sectarian
struggle between the ruling ... minority Alawite sect, led
by the Assad clan, and the country's majority of Sunni
Muslims. That's why the opposite of the Assad
dictatorship could be the breakup ... this new front reaching
out to moderate Alawites and Christians who
supported the Assads out of fear and agreeing to build
a new order together that protects majority and
minority
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plays by
what I call Hama Rules, which are no rules at all. The Assad regime
deliberately killed demonstrators to turn this conflict into a sectarian
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struggle between ... ruling minority Alawite sect, led by the Assad clan,
and the country's majority of Sunni Muslims. That's why the opposite of
the Assad dictatorship could be the breakup ... this new front reaching out to moderate Alawites and Christians who
supported the Assads out of fear and agreeing to build a new order
together that protects majority and minority
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August, 2013
Article 1.
The Economist
Syria - Hit him hard
Article 2
NYT
Make Assad Pay
Roger Cohen
The Washington Post
Shamed into war?
Charles Krauthammer
The Wall Street Journal ... Undermine His Mideast
Doctrine
Jeffrey Goldberg
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ArtIcle 7
Bloomberg
Destroy Assad's Regime, or Hold Your Fire
Fouad Ajami
NYT
One Great Big War
David Brooks ... better.
Now America and its allies have been stirred into action by
President Bashar Assad's apparent use of chemical weapons to
murder around 1,000 civilians—the one thing
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Syrian Pact
Editorial
Article 2.
The Wall Street Journal
Even if Assad gives up his chemical weapons, he
escapes unpunished for using them
Editorial
Article 3.
Bloomberg
New Syria Agreement ... Victory. For Assad.
Jeffrey Goldberg
Article 4.
The Washington Post
Try as he might, Obama can't dodge the Mideast's bullets
Jackson Diehl
Article 5.
NYT
The Missing Partner ... considering.
Even so, the task of cataloging, securing and destroying President Bashar
al-Assad's poison gas cache — which Washington and Moscow have
estimated at 1,000 tons — is daunting
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Syrian Pact
Editorial
Article 2.
The Wall Street Journal
Even if Assad gives up his chemical weapons,
he escapes unpunished for using them
Editorial
Bloomberg
New Syria Agreement ... Victory. For
Assad.
Jeffrey Goldberg
The Washington Post
Try as he might, Obama can't dodge the
Mideast's bullets
Jackson Diehl
Article 5.
NYT
The Missing Partner
Bill Keller ... task of cataloging, securing and destroying
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President Bashar al-Assad's poison gas cache — which
Washington and Moscow have estimated at 1,000 tons — is
daunting
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Washington Conspiracy?
Leslie H. Gelb
Article The Daily Beast
4. How Israel Could Remove Assad
Bruce Riedel
Article Asia Times
5 A Chinese vision begins to emerge
Peter Lee
Article ... less a strategy than a prayer.
The Daily Beast
How Israel Could Remove Assad
Diplomatically and Bring Peace to Syria
Bruce Riedel
February 25, 2012 -- If Israel is willing ... think outside the box, it can deal
Bashar al-Assad, Iran, and Hizbullah a body blow without firing a shot.
Defense Minister Ehud Barak simply needs to convince Prime Minister
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Islamic
Republic would lead it to deny the charges, defend Syrian
President Bashar Assad and accuse his detractors of fabricating
the evidence. This time around, Rouhani and his functionaries
have ... subtly distanced themselves from Assad, condemned the
use of chemical weapons and welcomed Russia's efforts to
resolve the issue through the United Nations.
Along with tweets commemorating the Jewish ... prepared to withdraw the Revolutionary
Guard contingents that have done much to buttress Assad's
brutality?
It is not sufficient for Rouhani to speak of transparency; he must
curb Iran
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President
Barack Obama's passivity in the face of Syrian President Bashar al-
Assad's brutal repression of domestic opposition, don't be. Syria isn't
Libya. The Assad regime ... just too consequential to risk
undermining.
Although the fall of the House of Assad might actually benefit U.S.
interests, the president isn't going to encourage it. For realists ... White House, Assad's demise carries more risks than opportunities.
Great powers behave inconsistently -- even hypocritically --
depending on their interests. That's not unusual; it's part
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torn in my own support for the US attacking Syria, based on Assad's regime using chemical
weapons "WMDs"that killed approximately a thousand people, when more than ... military solution. Still, if given the
current situation, I support attacking and destroying Assad's command & control centers, chemical
weapons facilities, military air bases and other strategic targets, so that ... Assad and others know that
there is a price that that will be extracted for any systematic killing by anyone, government or rebels.
*******
War is ugly. People who kill
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chemical weapons. For
starters, where is the proof that President Bashar al-Assad of Syria carried
out the attack? American, British, French and Turkish officials have been
unequivocal in blaming ... Assad for the attack, which seems likely since
there has been no indication that his regime has lost control of its chemical
weapons arsenal or that the opposition ... because Russia and China had repeatedly thwarted efforts to hold Mr.
Assad to account. Despite diplomatic frustrations, the Security Council, on
which Russia and China sit and have veto power
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violation of international law." Moscow
also has been unswervin. in its support for Bashar Assad in Syria, from
voting to block three M. Security Council resolutions on sanctions
against Syria ... convenient scapegoat. Mr. Putin is losing support in Moscow, but his
defense of the Assad regime evokes nostalgia for the Soviet empire and
strengthens his support among the conservative ... survived in
power for 34 years without cunning. Fresh from their ally Bashar Assad's
diplomatic victory in Damascus, they now see an opening to liberate
themselves from Western pressure
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WikiLeaks, Drought and Syria
Thomas L. Friedman
Article 3
The Washington Institute
Avoiding Assad's Forced Solution to the Syria
Crisis
Andrew J. Tabler
Article 4.
Now Lebanon
Does ... stipulates
that the goal is a transitional administration by "mutual consent"
of the Assad government and the opposition.
In the view of the United States, this means that President
Bashar ... Assad would be replaced, although Assad government
officials and his Alawite sect could be part of the new structure.
Iran has refused to accept any preconditions.
Just how the invitation
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WikiLeaks, Drought and Syria
Thomas L. Friedman
Article 3.
The Washington Institute
Avoiding Assad's Forced Solution to the Syria Crisis
Andrew J. Tabler
Article 4.
Now Lebanon
Does ... stipulates that the
goal is a transitional administration by "mutual consent" of the Assad
government and the opposition.
In the view of the United States, this means that President Bashar ... Assad
would be replaced, although Assad government officials and his Alawite
sect could be part of the new structure. Iran has refused to accept any
preconditions.
Just how the invitation
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Obama he would press
Iran to reduce its support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, whom
Erdogan once championed but is now determined to oust. Erdogan said he
planned ... meanwhile, to bolster the
opposition so that it can provide a credible alternative to Assad's rule.
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Some Arab analysts see a weakening of support for Assad in recent ... Farwell
April 5, 2012 -- Buoyed by the loyalty of his Alawite community, Bashar
al-Assad has acted ruthlessly to crush dissent in Syria. His brutality has
outraged the international community
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