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Slaughter: U.S. Not in Position to Use Force in Syria

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  • Anne-Marie Slaughter
    Dean, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
  • Isobel Coleman
    Senior Fellow and Director of the Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy Initiative; Director of the Women and Foreign Policy Program

Anne-Marie Slaughter, Former Director of Policy Planning at the U.S. State Department discusses the actions taken by international actors in Libya, and why the same measures cannot be taken in Syria. Slaughter called the situation in Syria “heartbreaking” and said “it looks like in many ways it looks like this government might get away with the same kind of brutality that we saw 20 years ago.” However, she argued that while the U.S. is doing everything in its power diplomatically, it is not in a position to use force in Syria.