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The Charade in Syria
(Washington Post) Richard Cohen - The Europeans have imposed a ban on the sale of luxury goods to Syria - and yet the killing continues. Step by step this charade unfolds in a predictable fashion. Assad will agree to almost anything but do almost nothing. Just as the clumsy and ineffective measures that allowed things to get out of hand in Bosnia are being repeated, so should the solution - air power. This is part of the prescription advocated by John McCain, Lindsey Graham and Joe Lieberman, senators all. They propose bombing Syrian command and control facilities as well as supplying the opposition with weapons. They also recommend establishing safe areas within Syria so that the insurgents can be properly trained and given medical help. One way to avoid a disastrous outcome is for the U.S. to help organize the opposition and show that America is on the side of the protesters.