As usual, many in Washington DC are staking out ignorantly simple, ideological positions on the mess in Syria. (Yes, I mean you for one, John McCain).
And as is usually the case in the real world (anything outside of DC) the situation is much more complicated. The media has fallen down yet again on this, barely scratching the surface and portraying Syria as just another 'Arab Spring' participant.
Leave it to Tom Friedman to actually travel there, ask some questions, and investigate the roots of the issue. I guarantee they are different from anything you have seen on cable news or any other 'popular' media outlet and will make you think. The last three paragraphs of the column touch on all of the reasons for the Obama administration's caution in diving in on one side or another -- here is no guarantee in this case that the rebels are either right, or will make things better for the people of Syria.
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