STORY SUMMARY

In the two long years since the Syrian conflict erupted, the United States has unwittingly revealed much about its foreign policy preoccupations and motives, all of which point to a nation losing its superpower status and its reputation as the world’s policeman.

It is depressingly easy to deduce that given its entire indifference to and lack of action on the Syrian conflict thus far, despite the horrific and continuously deteriorating situation, that America actually only cares about countries with large oil reserves.

Both the U.S. and Russia, it seems, seem quite content to watch this dreadful war continue for as long as possible

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(The Daily Star :: Lebanon News :: http://www.dailystar.com.lb)