In essence, the President has reasoned that the war in Syria is too complicated for the United States to have much influence.
If it succeeded, Davis and the Confederate leadership reasoned, the invasion could change the war overnight.
But there is another deeper, perhaps more profound reason the war continues to preoccupy us.
For this reason, the war against terror will not end in a treaty.
"Iraq Goes Sour" (editorial, Nov. 16) is a fact-based summary of the reasons the war with Iraq came about.
Whatever the underlying reasons, the war that actually took place resulted from individual decisions, chance events and at least one "incredible coincidence".
Does anyone now remember or refer to the actually stated reason – the War on Terror – declared by President Bush in the days following the 9/11 attacks on the United States?
Still, whatever the reasons, the war has fostered a restiveness and impatience that is accelerating the region's political pulse.The past year has seen peaceful anti-government demonstrations in Syria and Saudi Arabia, two of the world's most deeply calcified states.
Observers say that given the government's vast military superiority, the only reason the war is dragging on is that tens of thousands of civilians remain trapped in the war zone.
For each of these reasons, the war on doping becomes a public issue as well.
