Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Former U.S. Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford: I could no longer ‘defend the American policy’

Christiane Amanpour

“ 'I was no longer in a position where I felt I could defend the American policy,” he said. “We have been unable to address either the root causes of the conflict in terms of the fighting on the ground and the balance on the ground, and we have a growing extremism threat.”
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"The common refrain among people skeptical of deeper involvement in Syria is that with the influx of terrorist groups, America and its allies no longer know who the opposition really is.

"Ford refuted that notion head on.

“ 'We've identified them quite well now. Some people say, well, we don't know them well enough; we can't depend on them. We know them quite well. We've worked with them for years.”...
 

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