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Moscow’s steps toward strategic defeat

It would be hard to do better on Syria this morning than listening to this NPR report on Aleppo:

But remember: every tactical Russian gain today is a step towards strategic defeat tomorrow. The winners, however, are increasingly likely to be extremists, not moderates.

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