The Right Questions on Syria

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Author(s) Nicholas D. Kristof
Source The New York Times
Date September 4, 2013
URL http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/05/opinion/kristof-the-right-questions-on-syria.html
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Quotes-start.png The longer the war drags on in Syria, the more Al Qaeda elements gain strength, the more Lebanon and Jordan are destabilized, and the more people die. It’s admirable to insist on purely peaceful interventions, but let’s acknowledge that the likely upshot is that we sit by as perhaps another 60,000 Syrians are killed over the next year. Quotes-end.png


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This item argues for the position United States should intervene on the topic Syrian civil war.