When the Syrian insurgency began President Obama was given a "one time only" opportunity to quickly prevent escalation. Inaction was followed by inaction and well over 100,000 people have been killed, wounded or misplaced.
The complexity of facilitating an end to the carnage now, creates a much more difficult, expensive. risky and limited set of options.
As we wrote in an earlier blog, the cost of ending atrocities early would have been much less than the cost is today and the longer term implications of inaction are not any clearer.
The character of any President is most tested when issues of life and death for many take over the landscape.
The complexity of facilitating an end to the carnage now, creates a much more difficult, expensive. risky and limited set of options.
As we wrote in an earlier blog, the cost of ending atrocities early would have been much less than the cost is today and the longer term implications of inaction are not any clearer.
The character of any President is most tested when issues of life and death for many take over the landscape.
