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How did we botch aiding Syrian rebels?

Well before the CENTCOM commander blew up on the launching pad at a SASC hearing, the intrepid David Ignatius performed an autopsy on the star-crossed program to raise an anti-ISIS rebel force in Syria. Not reading for weak stomachs. More here. Speaking of bad situations, the Volkswagen scandal doesn’t have anything to do with Syria, ...

By , a former contributing editor to Foreign Policy.
SyrianNationalCoalitionOfficialLogocanvas
SyrianNationalCoalitionOfficialLogocanvas

Well before the CENTCOM commander blew up on the launching pad at a SASC hearing, the intrepid David Ignatius performed an autopsy on the star-crossed program to raise an anti-ISIS rebel force in Syria. Not reading for weak stomachs. More here.

Well before the CENTCOM commander blew up on the launching pad at a SASC hearing, the intrepid David Ignatius performed an autopsy on the star-crossed program to raise an anti-ISIS rebel force in Syria. Not reading for weak stomachs. More here.

Speaking of bad situations, the Volkswagen scandal doesn’t have anything to do with Syria, but it sure is interesting. CEO got booted this morning.

“SyrianNationalCoalitionOfficialLogo” by National Coalition of Syrian Revolution and Opposition Forces; Wikimedia Commons

Thomas E. Ricks is a former contributing editor to Foreign Policy. Twitter: @tomricks1

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