I spoke with Monocle 24’s The Globalist Asia on Monday night about how the US military has been waging a battle within the Obama Administration over Syria — not only criticizing the President but holding back any American plans for military intervention, before and after last month’s chemical weapons attacks by the Syrian regime.
Listen to discussion from 17:33 on The Globalist Asia homepage or in a pop-out window
Take-away points:
1. “For weeks, the Obama Administration has torn itself apart over Syria policy, with the State Department pushing for intervention and the military opposing it.”
2. “The US military is saying Obama has been naive politically and on military strategy, but what do they propose to limit the effects of Syria’s civil war?”
3. “The military have been fighting a very cunning political battle, but part of the reason the US doesn’t have a strategy is because of this.”
(Featured Photo: Head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Martin Dempsey)
