/taxonomy/term/3456 The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en /points-east-and-west-hamlet-of-the-white-house-emanuele-ottolenghi-obama-syria <p><b>Author:</b>Emanuele Ottolenghi</p><p style="text-align: justify">When, on September 10, President Barack Obama finally addressed the US about his Syria policy, he said that President Bashar al-Assad shared the infamy of Ypres and Auschwitz for having unleashed his chemical weapons — only to remind them that if a diplomatic deal could be found with Assad through Russia's good offices, America would forgo military action. Can someone be as bad as Hitler and be worthy of a negotiated diplomatic solution that America will support? Can the President of the United States be Churchill and Chamberlain at the same time?</p><p><a href="/points-east-and-west-hamlet-of-the-white-house-emanuele-ottolenghi-obama-syria"><span>read more</span></a></p> /points-east-and-west-hamlet-of-the-white-house-emanuele-ottolenghi-obama-syria#comments Points East &amp; West Bashar al-Assad intervention Middle East Obama Syria US Politics Tue, 24 Sep 2013 11:52:56 +0100 Oliver Wiseman 5202 at http://standpointmag.co.uk