Syrian civil war

For more information, see the Wikipedia article "Syrian civil war"

This is a topic, with start date March 15, 2011 and unknown end date.

Its theme(s) are International relations, Middle East, War.

Summary of positions for this topic

• United States should intervene (79 items)
• A coalition of countries should intervene (5 items)
• United States should depose Bashar Assad (5 items)
• United States is right to withdraw its troops (16 items)

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United States is right to withdraw its troops

For

Trump was right to pull out of Syria and Afghanistan. This is what he should do next. by Ro Khanna (The Washington Post, December 22, 2018) (view)

Let’s Leave Syria by Michael Brendan Dougherty (National Review, December 21, 2018) (view)

Why Trump is right about withdrawing from Syria by Akhilesh Pillalamarri (Los Angeles Times, December 21, 2018) (view)

Trump is right to withdraw US troops from Syria by Trevor Timm (The Guardian, December 21, 2018) (view)

Trump is right to withdraw US troops from Syria. We've done our job by defeating ISIS. by Benjamin Friedman, Justin Logan (USA Today, December 20, 2018) (view)

Why Trump's Syria withdrawal is the right move by Christian Whiton (Fox News, December 20, 2018) (view)

Against

Trump’s dangerous blunder in Syria endangers US ally by The Boston Globe editorial board (The Boston Globe, December 26, 2018) (view)

Trump’s Syria withdrawal has handed a huge gift to Islamic State by Janine di Giovanni (Comment is free, December 22, 2018) (view)

Trump’s hasty Syria withdrawal means ‘Merry Christmas’ for Vladimir Putin by The Dallas Morning News editorial board (The Dallas Morning News, December 20, 2018) (view)

In withdrawing from Syria, Trump makes a major error by Hugh Hewitt (The Washington Post, December 20, 2018) (view)

Trump's foolish decision to leave Syria by Chicago Tribune editorial board (Chicago Tribune, December 20, 2018) (view)

The Syria withdrawal may be Trump’s biggest blunder to date by Benny Avni (New York Post, December 19, 2018) (view)

Trump's bizarre decision on Syria by Peter Bergen (CNN, December 19, 2018) (view)

Trump reversal on Syria policy means big gains for Iran by Tony Badran (Democrat and Chronicle, December 19, 2018) (view)

Trump’s Decision to Withdraw From Syria Is Alarming. Just Ask His Advisers. by The New York Times editorial board (The New York Times, December 19, 2018) (view)

Mixed

Trump’s artless deal: The president’s Syria decision will have long-term consequences by Andrew Malcolm (The Charlotte Observer, December 26, 2018) (view)

United States should intervene

For

Blocking action on Syria makes an attack on Iran more likely by Dennis Ross (The Washington Post, September 9, 2013) (view)

Syria’s al-Qaeda threat by The Washington Post editorial board (The Washington Post, September 7, 2013) (view)

On Syria, a weak strike is better than none by Frederick W. Kagan (The Washington Post, September 6, 2013) (view)

The consequences of doing nothing in Syria by Frida Ghitis (The Miami Herald, September 5, 2013) (view)

The Right Questions on Syria by Nicholas D. Kristof (The New York Times, September 4, 2013) (view)

The Robert Taft Republicans Return by Bret Stephens (The Wall Street Journal, September 3, 2013) (view)

Arm and Shame by Thomas Friedman (The New York Times, September 3, 2013) (view)

Syria: Where is the outrage? by The Baltimore Sun editorial board (The Baltimore Sun, September 3, 2013) (view)

Syria, a cause for bipartisanship by Charles Lane (The Washington Post, September 2, 2013) (view)

We can’t look away from Syria now by Chicago Sun-Times editorial board (Chicago Sun-Times, September 1, 2013) (view)

Obama puts politics over morals in abdicating presidential authority in Syria by Michael Goodwin (New York Post, September 1, 2013) (view)

Hit him hard by The Economist editorial board (The Economist, August 31, 2013) (view)

Just do it, Mr. President by New York Post editorial board (New York Post, August 31, 2013) (view)

Obama to take his Syrian case to Congress by The Washington Post editorial board (The Washington Post, August 31, 2013) (view)

War, What Is It Good For? by Ross Douthat (The New York Times, August 31, 2013) (view)

Pain in the Assad by William Saletan (Slate, August 30, 2013) (view)

Shamed into war? by Charles Krauthammer (The Washington Post, August 29, 2013) (view)

Time for consequences in Syria by The Dallas Morning News editorial board (The Dallas Morning News, August 28, 2013) (view)

Reinforce a Norm in Syria by Nicholas D. Kristof (The New York Times, August 28, 2013) (view)

Syrian chemical attack demands precise strike by USA Today editorial board (USA Today, August 27, 2013) (view)

Bomb Syria, Even if It Is Illegal by Ian Hurd (The New York Times, August 27, 2013) (view)

Waking up to Syria by Boston Herald editorial board (Boston Herald, August 27, 2013) (view)

Syria Side Effects by The Wall Street Journal editorial board (The Wall Street Journal, August 27, 2013) (view)

Syria strategy can’t rely solely on military might by The Washington Post editorial board (The Washington Post, August 26, 2013) (view)

The U.S. must act against Assad by Eugene Robinson (The Washington Post, August 26, 2013) (view)

Syria will require more than cruise missiles by Eliot A. Cohen (The Washington Post, August 25, 2013) (view)

To Get a Truce, Be Ready to Escalate by Wesley Clark (The New York Times, June 18, 2013) (view)

Obama, Syria and the Aspin Doctrine by Doyle McManus (Los Angeles Times, June 15, 2013) (view)

Syria is bleeding to death and the west stands by by Nick Cohen (The Observer, June 8, 2013) (view)

Message from the ruins of Qusair by Charles Krauthammer (The Washington Post, June 6, 2013) (view)

The Non-Intervention War by The Wall Street Journal editorial board (The Wall Street Journal, May 7, 2013) (view)

Obama's loss for words on Syria by Richard Cohen (The Washington Post, May 6, 2013) (view)

Syria Is Not Iraq by Bill Keller (The New York Times, May 5, 2013) (view)

Obama’s thin red line by New York Post editorial board (New York Post, May 4, 2013) (view)

U.S. policy on Syria still lacks coherence by The Washington Post editorial board (The Washington Post, May 1, 2013) (view)

Obama dithers, people die by Richard Cohen (New York Daily News, April 30, 2013) (view)

It's Time to Intervene in Syria by John Judis (The New Republic, April 30, 2013) (view)

Obama should remember Rwanda as he weighs action in Syria by Anne-Marie Slaughter (The Washington Post, April 26, 2013) (view)

Why Have Democrats Abandoned Syria? by Marc Ginsberg (The Huffington Post, August 29, 2012) (view)

Against

Stay out of Syria by Dan Simpson (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, October 29, 2013) (view)

Strike Syria? Think again by Pittsburgh Tribune-Review editorial board (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, September 8, 2013) (view)

Why America Is Saying 'No' by Peggy Noonan (The Wall Street Journal, September 6, 2013) (view)

Reject Obama's request to attack Syria by The Denver Post editorial board (The Denver Post, September 6, 2013) (view)

Syria: What Is the War Good For? by Andrew Napolitano (Reason, September 5, 2013) (view)

Unserious Commander-in-Chief by Charles Krauthammer (National Review, September 5, 2013) (view)

A war the Pentagon doesn’t want by Robert H. Scales (The Washington Post, September 5, 2013) (view)

Syria Vote Is A Political Trap Republicans Can Avoid by Investor's Business Daily editorial board (Investor's Business Daily, September 3, 2013) (view)

Obama wants Congress to hold him back, and it should by Kevin O'Brien (The Plain Dealer, September 3, 2013) (view)

An Accidental War by Mark Steyn (National Review, August 30, 2013) (view)

The costs of symbolism in Syria by Steve Chapman (Chicago Tribune, August 29, 2013) (view)

Red lines: Obama's costly bluster by New Hampshire Union Leader editorial board (New Hampshire Union Leader, August 29, 2013) (view)

Obama is talking America into a war by George F. Will (The Washington Post, August 28, 2013) (view)

Action in Syria about saving face by Robert Robb (The Arizona Republic, August 28, 2013) (view)

Outsiders have no tool to fix Syria by Christopher Preble (USA Today, August 27, 2013) (view)

Obama’s third war by Ralph Peters (New York Post, August 27, 2013) (view)

We’ve left it too late to save Syria – this conflict can never be won by Boris Johnson (The Daily Telegraph, June 17, 2013) (view)

Obama right to show restraint in Syria by Chicago Sun-Times editorial board (Chicago Sun-Times, June 7, 2013) (view)

War Party beats drums for action in Syria by Glenn Garvin (The Miami Herald, June 3, 2013) (view)

We set Syria ablaze... Now we're hurling in explosives by Peter Hitchens (Daily Mail, June 1, 2013) (view)

Syria: the ugly choice ahead by The Guardian editorial board (The Guardian, May 10, 2013) (view)

Obama’s valid caution on Syria by The Seattle Times editorial board (The Seattle Times, May 9, 2013) (view)

The compelling, but still unpersuasive, case for war on Syria by St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorial board (St. Louis Post-Dispatch, May 9, 2013) (view)

Volatile Syria: There are more reasons for the U.S. to stay out by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette editorial board (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 7, 2013) (view)

Questioning Syrian Intervention by Eugene Robinson (The Washington Post, May 6, 2013) (view)

America Needs to Stay Out of Syria by Steve Chapman (Reason, May 2, 2013) (view)

Too late for Syria by Ralph Peters (New York Post, May 2, 2013) (view)

In Syria, U.S. inaction is better than intervention by Eugene Robinson (The Washington Post, April 29, 2013) (view)

Syria: The Only Red Line Should Be To Stay Out by Doug Bandow (Forbes, April 29, 2013) (view)

Don’t Intervene in Syria by Andrew C. McCarthy (National Review, April 6, 2013) (view)

Mixed

Syria: The case for No by Chicago Tribune editorial board (Chicago Tribune, September 6, 2013) (view)

The risk of taking on Syria by Robin Wright (Los Angeles Times, August 29, 2013) (view)

Showdown in Syria by The Washington Times editorial board (The Washington Times, August 28, 2013) (view)

Syrian war leaves no easy choices by Michael Gerson (The Washington Post, August 26, 2013) (view)

Pink line over Damascus by Charles Krauthammer (The Washington Post, May 9, 2013) (view)

United States should depose Bashar Assad

For

Forcing Obama’s Hand in Syria by Vali Nasr (International Herald Tribune, September 2, 2013) (view)

Target Assad by Bret Stephens (The Wall Street Journal, August 27, 2013) (view)

Against

Hit him hard by The Economist editorial board (The Economist, August 31, 2013) (view)

Syrian chemical attack demands precise strike by USA Today editorial board (USA Today, August 27, 2013) (view)

Responding to Syrian Atrocities by The New York Times editorial board (The New York Times, August 26, 2013) (view)

A coalition of countries should intervene

For

On Syria, there are red lines and bad options by Newsday editorial board (Newsday, August 28, 2013) (view)

Time for consequences in Syria by The Dallas Morning News editorial board (The Dallas Morning News, August 28, 2013) (view)

Nerve gas attack in Syria calls for U.S. response by San Jose Mercury News editorial board (San Jose Mercury News, August 28, 2013) (view)

Syrian showdown by Chicago Tribune editorial board (Chicago Tribune, August 27, 2013) (view)

Responding to Syrian Atrocities by The New York Times editorial board (The New York Times, August 26, 2013) (view)

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All items that address this topic (101 total)

Title	Author	Source	Date
Why Have Democrats Abandoned Syria?	Marc Ginsberg	The Huffington Post	August 29, 2012
Don’t Intervene in Syria	Andrew C. McCarthy	National Review	April 6, 2013
Obama should remember Rwanda as he weighs action in Syria	Anne-Marie Slaughter	The Washington Post	April 26, 2013
In Syria, U.S. inaction is better than intervention	Eugene Robinson	The Washington Post	April 29, 2013
Ill-Considered Advice on Syria	The New York Times editorial board	The New York Times	April 29, 2013
Syria: The Only Red Line Should Be To Stay Out	Doug Bandow	Forbes	April 29, 2013
Obama dithers, people die	Richard Cohen	New York Daily News	April 30, 2013
It's Time to Intervene in Syria	John Judis	The New Republic	April 30, 2013
Facts, not merely suspicions, must guide U.S. policy regarding Syria	The Plain Dealer editorial board	The Plain Dealer	April 30, 2013
U.S. policy on Syria still lacks coherence	The Washington Post editorial board	The Washington Post	May 1, 2013
America Needs to Stay Out of Syria	Steve Chapman	Reason	May 2, 2013
Too late for Syria	Ralph Peters	New York Post	May 2, 2013
With or Without Us	Fareed Zakaria	Time	May 3, 2013
Assad Crosses the Red Line	National Review editorial board	National Review	May 3, 2013
Obama’s thin red line	New York Post editorial board	New York Post	May 4, 2013
This Ain’t Yogurt	Thomas Friedman	The New York Times	May 4, 2013
Syria Is Not Iraq	Bill Keller	The New York Times	May 5, 2013
Questioning Syrian Intervention	Eugene Robinson	The Washington Post	May 6, 2013
Obama's loss for words on Syria	Richard Cohen	The Washington Post	May 6, 2013
Volatile Syria: There are more reasons for the U.S. to stay out	Pittsburgh Post-Gazette editorial board	Pittsburgh Post-Gazette	May 7, 2013
The Non-Intervention War	The Wall Street Journal editorial board	The Wall Street Journal	May 7, 2013
Obama’s valid caution on Syria	The Seattle Times editorial board	The Seattle Times	May 9, 2013
The compelling, but still unpersuasive, case for war on Syria	St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorial board	St. Louis Post-Dispatch	May 9, 2013
Pink line over Damascus	Charles Krauthammer	The Washington Post	May 9, 2013
Syria: the ugly choice ahead	The Guardian editorial board	The Guardian	May 10, 2013
We set Syria ablaze... Now we're hurling in explosives	Peter Hitchens	Daily Mail	June 1, 2013
War Party beats drums for action in Syria	Glenn Garvin	The Miami Herald	June 3, 2013
Message from the ruins of Qusair	Charles Krauthammer	The Washington Post	June 6, 2013
Obama right to show restraint in Syria	Chicago Sun-Times editorial board	Chicago Sun-Times	June 7, 2013
Syria is bleeding to death and the west stands by	Nick Cohen	The Observer	June 8, 2013
Obama, Syria and the Aspin Doctrine	Doyle McManus	Los Angeles Times	June 15, 2013
We’ve left it too late to save Syria – this conflict can never be won	Boris Johnson	The Daily Telegraph	June 17, 2013
To Get a Truce, Be Ready to Escalate	Wesley Clark	The New York Times	June 18, 2013
Syria will require more than cruise missiles	Eliot A. Cohen	The Washington Post	August 25, 2013
Syria strategy can’t rely solely on military might	The Washington Post editorial board	The Washington Post	August 26, 2013
The U.S. must act against Assad	Eugene Robinson	The Washington Post	August 26, 2013
Syrian war leaves no easy choices	Michael Gerson	The Washington Post	August 26, 2013
Responding to Syrian Atrocities	The New York Times editorial board	The New York Times	August 26, 2013
Syrian chemical attack demands precise strike	USA Today editorial board	USA Today	August 27, 2013
Outsiders have no tool to fix Syria	Christopher Preble	USA Today	August 27, 2013
Obama’s third war	Ralph Peters	New York Post	August 27, 2013
Bomb Syria, Even if It Is Illegal	Ian Hurd	The New York Times	August 27, 2013
Waking up to Syria	Boston Herald editorial board	Boston Herald	August 27, 2013
Syria Side Effects	The Wall Street Journal editorial board	The Wall Street Journal	August 27, 2013
Target Assad	Bret Stephens	The Wall Street Journal	August 27, 2013
Syrian showdown	Chicago Tribune editorial board	Chicago Tribune	August 27, 2013
On Syria, there are red lines and bad options	Newsday editorial board	Newsday	August 28, 2013
Time for consequences in Syria	The Dallas Morning News editorial board	The Dallas Morning News	August 28, 2013
Nerve gas attack in Syria calls for U.S. response	San Jose Mercury News editorial board	San Jose Mercury News	August 28, 2013
Showdown in Syria	The Washington Times editorial board	The Washington Times	August 28, 2013
Obama is talking America into a war	George F. Will	The Washington Post	August 28, 2013
Action in Syria about saving face	Robert Robb	The Arizona Republic	August 28, 2013
Reinforce a Norm in Syria	Nicholas D. Kristof	The New York Times	August 28, 2013
The risk of taking on Syria	Robin Wright	Los Angeles Times	August 29, 2013
The costs of symbolism in Syria	Steve Chapman	Chicago Tribune	August 29, 2013
Shamed into war?	Charles Krauthammer	The Washington Post	August 29, 2013
Red lines: Obama's costly bluster	New Hampshire Union Leader editorial board	New Hampshire Union Leader	August 29, 2013
An Accidental War	Mark Steyn	National Review	August 30, 2013
Pain in the Assad	William Saletan	Slate	August 30, 2013
Hit him hard	The Economist editorial board	The Economist	August 31, 2013
Just do it, Mr. President	New York Post editorial board	New York Post	August 31, 2013
Obama to take his Syrian case to Congress	The Washington Post editorial board	The Washington Post	August 31, 2013
War, What Is It Good For?	Ross Douthat	The New York Times	August 31, 2013
We can’t look away from Syria now	Chicago Sun-Times editorial board	Chicago Sun-Times	September 1, 2013
Obama puts politics over morals in abdicating presidential authority in Syria	Michael Goodwin	New York Post	September 1, 2013
Syria, a cause for bipartisanship	Charles Lane	The Washington Post	September 2, 2013
Forcing Obama’s Hand in Syria	Vali Nasr	International Herald Tribune	September 2, 2013
The Robert Taft Republicans Return	Bret Stephens	The Wall Street Journal	September 3, 2013
Arm and Shame	Thomas Friedman	The New York Times	September 3, 2013
Syria Vote Is A Political Trap Republicans Can Avoid	Investor's Business Daily editorial board	Investor's Business Daily	September 3, 2013
Obama wants Congress to hold him back, and it should	Kevin O'Brien	The Plain Dealer	September 3, 2013
Syria: Where is the outrage?	The Baltimore Sun editorial board	The Baltimore Sun	September 3, 2013
The Right Questions on Syria	Nicholas D. Kristof	The New York Times	September 4, 2013
Syria: What Is the War Good For?	Andrew Napolitano	Reason	September 5, 2013
The consequences of doing nothing in Syria	Frida Ghitis	The Miami Herald	September 5, 2013
Unserious Commander-in-Chief	Charles Krauthammer	National Review	September 5, 2013
A war the Pentagon doesn’t want	Robert H. Scales	The Washington Post	September 5, 2013
Why America Is Saying 'No'	Peggy Noonan	The Wall Street Journal	September 6, 2013
Syria: The case for No	Chicago Tribune editorial board	Chicago Tribune	September 6, 2013
On Syria, a weak strike is better than none	Frederick W. Kagan	The Washington Post	September 6, 2013
Reject Obama's request to attack Syria	The Denver Post editorial board	The Denver Post	September 6, 2013
Syria’s al-Qaeda threat	The Washington Post editorial board	The Washington Post	September 7, 2013
Strike Syria? Think again	Pittsburgh Tribune-Review editorial board	Pittsburgh Tribune-Review	September 8, 2013
Blocking action on Syria makes an attack on Iran more likely	Dennis Ross	The Washington Post	September 9, 2013
Stay out of Syria	Dan Simpson	Pittsburgh Post-Gazette	October 29, 2013
The Syria withdrawal may be Trump’s biggest blunder to date	Benny Avni	New York Post	December 19, 2018
Trump's bizarre decision on Syria	Peter Bergen	CNN	December 19, 2018
Trump reversal on Syria policy means big gains for Iran	Tony Badran	Democrat and Chronicle	December 19, 2018
Trump’s Decision to Withdraw From Syria Is Alarming. Just Ask His Advisers.	The New York Times editorial board	The New York Times	December 19, 2018
Trump is right to withdraw US troops from Syria. We've done our job by defeating ISIS.	Benjamin Friedman • Justin Logan	USA Today	December 20, 2018
Trump’s hasty Syria withdrawal means ‘Merry Christmas’ for Vladimir Putin	The Dallas Morning News editorial board	The Dallas Morning News	December 20, 2018
In withdrawing from Syria, Trump makes a major error	Hugh Hewitt	The Washington Post	December 20, 2018
Why Trump's Syria withdrawal is the right move	Christian Whiton	Fox News	December 20, 2018
Trump's foolish decision to leave Syria	Chicago Tribune editorial board	Chicago Tribune	December 20, 2018
Let’s Leave Syria	Michael Brendan Dougherty	National Review	December 21, 2018
Why Trump is right about withdrawing from Syria	Akhilesh Pillalamarri	Los Angeles Times	December 21, 2018
Trump is right to withdraw US troops from Syria	Trevor Timm	The Guardian	December 21, 2018
Trump’s Syria withdrawal has handed a huge gift to Islamic State	Janine di Giovanni	Comment is free	December 22, 2018
Trump was right to pull out of Syria and Afghanistan. This is what he should do next.	Ro Khanna	The Washington Post	December 22, 2018
Trump’s dangerous blunder in Syria endangers US ally	The Boston Globe editorial board	The Boston Globe	December 26, 2018

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Public demonstrations in Syria, which began in 2011 as part of the "Arab Spring" protests that swept the Middle East that year, ignited into civil war in 2012.