Opinion

In Syria we need strength, not another war

By Washington Examiner
Published April 9, 2018 9:58pm ET
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In Syria we need strength, not another war
A Syrian army soldier places a Syrian national flag during a battle with rebel fighters at the Ramouseh front line, east of Aleppo, Syria, Monday, Dec. 5, 2016. The government seized large swathes of the Aleppo enclave under rebel control since 2012 in the offensive that began last week. The fighting was most intense Monday near the dividing line between east and west Aleppo as government and allied troops push their way from the eastern flank, reaching within less than a kilometer (half a mile) from the citadel that anchors the center of the city. | (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

President Trump has assailed Syrian President Bashar Assad and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s support for him. This is good and welcome toughness.

Trump has also indicated he does not want to replay the errors of former President George W. Bush in Iraq or former President Barack Obama in Libya by launching a U.S.-led war in pursuit of regime change.

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