As Russia constructs what a Pentagon spokesman called “a forward operating base” near the Syrian city of Latakia, complete with tanks, artillery, and housing of at least 1,500 troops, the White House is reported to find itself on the horns of two intellectual dilemmas. First, as Press Secretary Josh Ernest averred, “Putin’s true motivations are rather hard to discern.” Second, there is a “debate” within the administration as to whether President Obama should meet with President Putin on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly opening next week in New York. The goal of the impromptu summit would be …read more
Source: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research