Ayed: What can the West hope to achieve with a military strike on Syria?

By:
Nahlah Ayed
/
28 August, 2013
By: Nahlah Ayed
London correspondent for CBC News The National

Best case scenario would be deterring future use of chemical weapons, while hoping a reaction from Syria or its allies doesn’t take it further than that.

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