Middle East adviser to President Obama (2013-15) - Philip Gordon
Did hesitation during the Obama presidency sow the seeds of today's Syria crisis? HARDtalk’s Stephen Sackur speaks to Philip Gordon- Barak Obama's senior Middle East adviser.
US military action against President Assad's forces in Syria seems imminent. President Trump told the Russians- Assad's military backers - to "get ready" by way of a tweet. A spiral of events which began with an alleged chemical weapons attack by the Syrian army is heading towards a dangerous confrontation between Washington and Moscow. HARDtalk’s Stephen Sackur speaks to Philip Gordon- Barak Obama's senior adviser on the Middle East in 2013 when Assad's use of chemical weapons came close to prompting a US military response. Did hesitation then sow the seeds of today's crisis?
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