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Middle East adviser to President Obama (2013-15) - Philip Gordon

Middle East adviser to President Obama (2013-15) - Philip Gordon

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Did hesitation during the Obama presidency sow the seeds of today's Syria crisis?

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US military action against President Assad's forces in Syria
seems imminent. President Trump told the Russians- Assad's
military backers - to "get ready" by way of a tweet. A spiral of
events which began with an alleged chemical weapons attack by the
Syrian army is heading towards a dangerous confrontation between
Washington and Moscow. HARDtalk’s Stephen Sackur speaks to Philip
Gordon- Barak Obama's senior adviser on the Middle East in 2013
when Assad's use of chemical weapons came close to prompting a US
military response. Did hesitation then sow the seeds of today's
crisis?