U.S. policy was always based on a series of false assumptions. The main false assumption was that there is no military solution to the Syria crisis, the Assad regime has no interest in a political solution. Christopher Harmer More Quotes by Christopher Harmer More Quotes From Christopher Harmer The Assad regime has no interest in a political solution, the Russians have no interest in a political solution. Iran has no interest in a political solution. Hezbollah has no interest in a political solution. Christopher Harmer top-news What has most likely happened is that as soon as the Russians had enough forces in theater to start military operations, they did, the increase to 4,000 is simply the logistical tail to support the combat tooth. Christopher Harmer world
