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Obama's Shift On Syria: A Show Of Strength Or Fear?

Syria, Barack Obama, Middle East
Posted on AllSides September 11th, 2013
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In the face of congressional and popular resistance to his call for retaliation against Syria, the president had a conversion on the missile flight path to Damascus.

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