Worried ’Israel’: What about Obama’s Policy if Assad Surrounded Aleppo?
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"Washington looks at Moscow's backing of Damascus with worry, while the American public is preoccupied with the presidential primaries and the Oscars," "Israeli" media analyzed.
Amos Harel penned for Haaretz:
The encirclement of Aleppo, if completed, will not only be the Syrian army's greatest accomplishment in the country's civil war, it will also mark the end of the US administration's pretensions in the Middle East.
Under the cover of heavy Russian airstrikes and with the aid of resistance forces, the Syrian army is advancing toward the eventual conquest of Syria's second-biggest city. Success there is liable to encourage [Syrian President Bashar]Assad in Damascus to bet on similar measures in southern and northwestern fronts.
Meanwhile, Washington looks on with a combination of worry and helplessness, while the American public is preoccupied with the presidential primaries and the Oscars.
Relatively, the atrocities committed by "ISIS" and the al-Qaeda-affiliated Nusra Front have been thoroughly documented, often by the groups themselves.
Meanwhile, the deployment of the Russian air force in northern Syria first helped stabilize the Syrian army's defense lines, in which it launched over the past month a ground operation that achieved some early successes.
In front of the Syrian power, the West has folded. The firm demand for Assad's removal has been replaced by mumblings about the need for him to leave and a willingness for the country to be divided between the government and the militants after Assad and a handful of generals and associates leave the state. However, this is a demand Assad has no intention of accepting.
Over the past year, the West's priorities in Syria have significantly changed. The Americans and the Europeans have now urgent goals represented by halting the wave of Syrian refugees knocking on Europe's doors, and preventing terror attacks in Europe by extremists who gained experience on the Syrian battlefields.
When these issues become the main ones, Assad and his allies, in light of the nuclear agreement signed in July, seem less like the problem and more like part of the solution.
Source: Haaretz, Edited by website team
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