Pink line over Damascus

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Author(s)	Charles Krauthammer
Source	The Washington Post
Date	May 9, 2013
URL	http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/charles-krauthammer-pink-line-over-damascus/2013/05/09/0bf78f72-b8db-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html
Quote	Today our only hope seems to be supporting and arming Salim Idriss, the one rebel commander who speaks in moderate, tolerant tones. But he could easily turn, or could be overwhelmed by the jihadists. As they say in the Middle East, you don’t buy allies here. It’s strictly a rental.

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This item takes a mixed stance on the position United States should intervene on the topic Syrian civil war.