America’s Role in Syria

Marc Lynch interviews Robert Ford, the American Ambassador in Syria for Foreign Policy:

I asked Ford when the Syrian regime’s violence would cross the line, when the repression and violence might have gone too far for any peaceful transition to be possible. “That’s really not a question for Americans,” he responded. “It’s a question for the Syrian opposition.” […] For now, he sees his role as doing what he can to open political space for the Syrian people to push their own demands

In a nutshel, America, despite harder rhetoric and antics like sending the Ambassador to Hama, is still in a “wait and see” mode.