I watched today’s hearing on Syria and have to say that I
was not particularly impressed by the Senators that raised the questions. They
obviously lacked a strategic view of the issue and a very limited understanding
of the Middle East and the European capabilities –which are very small, when it
comes to the ability to strike in a foreign land like Syria.
John Kerry, on the other side of the table, was much more
strategic. He was able to contain his contempt for some of the questions. Only
in one occasion he was about to go beyond a restrained approach.
General Dempsey, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
was also very professional. I wonder what he thought of some the Senators’
interventions. Not much, I guess. These military top guys have a very low
opinion about the professional politicians.
In any case, it seems now clear that the Congress will
approve President Obama’s resolution on Syria. For a “limited and narrow”
campaign, it is said. But nobody knows what that means. And moreover, in this
type of affairs everything starts small as the plan is to achieve the expected
results within days. Experience has shown that it never happens that way. One
knows when it starts, but no one knows how it will move on.
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