Today, few are prepared to speak up for intervention. That is partly because of its undeniable risks. But it is also because the Americans would have to lead the operation and, with an election to campaign for, Barack Obama has gone out of his way to avoid talking about Syria. Yet America has every interest in a more stable Middle East, in being seen to defend values that it holds to be universal and in denying Iran an important regional ally. Even now, Mr Obama should be working on plans for how he or a President Romney could intervene.
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