The U.S. can’t win the war in Syria. Biden should abandon the regime change delusion and bring our troops home.

November 29, 2020 by The Editors in Featured

U.S. objectives in Syria are unattainable. Syrian civilians will continue to suffer needlessly as the U.S. military occupies one-third of the country and Washington amplifies economic pressures in hopes that a favorable outcome will somehow materialize. This is cruel and counterproductive. To actually use their leverage in Syria, U.S. forces must withdraw.

The Caesar sanctions won't get rid of Assad, but they will hurt ordinary Syrians. The cruelty is the point.

June 26, 2020 by Ian Larson in Featured, Middle East

The U.S. has repeatedly and ineptly failed the Syrian people. The Caesar sanctions convert the proxy war into an economic siege calibrated to punish Syrian civilians to coerce Iran. Rather than hastening the demise of Bashar Al-Assad, the sanctions will only bring about further hardship for ordinary Syrians.