What's behind US Special Forces in Syria? A new realism - CSMonitor.com: President Obama’s foreign-policy realism is on full display this week on two fronts related to Syria.
First, the United States sat down Friday with Iran at international talks on Syria – despite years of opposing any diplomatic role for Tehran in efforts to end the Syrian civil war.
Second, the White House announced Friday that the US will send just under 50 special operations forces to northern Syria – a move that reverses the president’s pledge from more than a year ago not to put boots on the ground in the fight.
