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At times like this, What would Saddam do?

Posted on September 5, 2013 by Charles Duelfer

Among the various rationales expressed for a military strike on Syria is that need to make Bashir al-Assad pay a price for using CW. But what does Bashir value? We learned from debriefing Saddam that his value structure was much … Continue reading →

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Obama’s Speech to the UNGA: Two very different Versions

Posted on August 30, 2013 by Charles Duelfer

On September 17, will President Obama be explaining to the UN General Assembly why the US acted alone to respond to Syrian atrocities when the UN would not, or will he be chastising the UN for a lack of action, … Continue reading →

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