President Obama, why did you let us down in Syria?
"Mr. President, your legacy will depend on what you do in Syria," I said to President Barack Obama as I shook his hand during an event in the White House in the summer of 2013.
He grew more attentive. I told him about my recent medical mission to Aleppo, the attacks on hospitals and civilians by the regime of Bashar Assad and urged him to do something. At that point, fewer than 100,000 people had been killed in Syria, and there were only about 1 million refugees and few small-scale chemical weapons attacks.
Obama leaned forward, smiling, and said, "My legacy will be determined by other things also."… Seguir leyendo »