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Daniel Byman is a former 9/11 Commission staff member. He's currently a Brookings Saban Center for Middle East Policy research director and Georgetown University security studies professor.
On June 14, his Foreign Policy article headlined "No More Half Measures," saying:
"A compromise solution that removes Syria's Bashar al-Assad but replaces him with a crony is now fully off the table. It's time for Washington to back the opposition."
UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Herve Ladsous says violence escalated dramatically. Unexplained was who's responsible.
According to Bynam, Annan's peace plan is "stillborn." From inception, it's been sham cover for what's planned. Violence rages daily. Washington needs it to intervene.
Bynam spuriously claims "the Syrian regime is executing children and indiscriminately shelling civilians."America "and its allies (should) back the Syrian opposition more aggressively."
"....Assad is trying to terrorize the Syrian people into submission through repeated demonstrations of brutal force."
Russia "intends to give Assad time to quell the rebellion by butchering his own people."
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