The goal is to enable Syrians to fight for their country so that we aren't stuck with a problem later on.
Paul Wolfowitz: “The goal is to enable Syrians to fight for their country so that we aren't stuck with a problem later on.”
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Wolfowitz outlines the objective of U.S. involvement in Syria as empowering the Syrian opposition.
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The problem is not that the President has done too much, however, but that he's done too little to achieve the goal of removing Gadhafi from power. The United States should be leading this effort, not trailing behind our adversaries.
Look, I think President Obama deserves enormous credit. It was a tough decision. It landed on his desk. As Harry Truman famously said, 'The buck stops here.'
If the U.S. would have joined Qatar and France and other countries would have come along and recognizing this provisional government, I think it would send a very, very powerful message to the people around Gadhafi that the end is coming.
Honestly, I think 100,000 people being slaughtered and doing nothing is a red line.