All the momentum was on their side. At a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing. the Secretary of Defensethen Leon Panettasaid that the departure of Bashar Assad was "inevitable." And then the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said it was inevitable that Bashar Assad will leave. So a policy which was doomed to failurerejecting a nofly zone. rejecting robust training and equipping of those who were seeking to stop the slaughterhas now resulted in what many now view as an international crisis. that is. the refugee problem where millions of refugees are flowing into European countries not just from Syria but primarily from Syria. Iraq. and other countries as far away as Afghanistan. So everyoneespecially our European friendsis moaning. and their hearts go out and they are trying to accommodate this.
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