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February 23, 2012

Washington's Imaginary Syria Policy

Michael Young, Daily Star

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The administration of President Barack Obama has often been ridiculed for what it describes as leading from behind. More often than not this has been an excuse for not leading at all, and nowhere has American vacillation been more on display than in Syria.

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