The $500 million Pentagon program to train "secular" anti-ISIS rebels, which was supposed to be the cornerstone of our policy in Syria  has been terminated. To say that our policy in Syria now is in "disarray" is incorrect. In truth, we have no policy in Syria except aimlessly bombing a few vehicles and buildings every day.  Meanwhile, the administration is bragging that Russia's intervention in Syria is a sign of our "success." The Russian airstrikes on Syria are a sign that U.S. policy is working, a senior State Department official told shocked Syrian-American advocates in a private meeting on Monday. The “Russians wouldn’t have to help Assad if we didn’t weaken him,” U.S. special envoy for Syria Michael Ratney said, according to multiple participants in the meeting and contemporaneous notes. Russian intervention, he went on to say, is a sign of success for American policy on Syria. The special...(Read Full Post)