Barack Obama's Tentative Step; The Syrian War, Armd and Diplomacy  

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Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine
Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 407 no. 8841 (Jun. 2013), page 43-44.
Topik: Rebellions; War; Military Aid; Biological & Chemical Weapons; Presidents

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Obama believes that for all its horrors and rising death tolls, the fight between rebels and Syria's president, Bashar Assad, is a stalemate: neither side can vanquish the other militarily. Only a political settlement uniting Syria's rival parties and religious factions can bring lasting peace, thinks Obama. It was in that spirit of caution that the administration announced on June 13th that, for the first time, it would give weapons and other forms of lethal military kit to the rebels. American officials have given scant detail, but it is thought that the CIA will co-ordinate the supply of light arms to the rebels. In an interview with PBS television on June 17th, Obama derided the idea that heavier weapons, such as anti-tank or anti-helicopter rockets and missiles, could swiftly tip the balance of power away from the Assad regime. The new weaponry will be channelled through the Supreme Military Command, a Western-backed rebel body. The official explanation for the decision to start arming the opposition rests on a recent assessment by American intelligence agencies, after weeks of investigations, that the Assad regime has used chemical weapons, including the nerve agent sarin, in several small-scale attacks on the opposition.

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