Russia Has Been the Voice of Reason – On Iraq, on Libya, and Now on Syria

... the world should take note. The precautionary principle should be applied. Had the United States and its allies listened to Russian (and Chinese) advice to take a more conservative approach to regime change in Iraq and Libya, it is likely that much human suffering would have been avoided. It is hard to imagine that events in either country could ... ... fled the country and 6 million have been internally displaced. Western Europe is inundated with assylum-seekers. The barbaric Islamic State organization has flourished. Like the Saddam, Gaddafi, and Mubarak regimes, the Assad government already had a terrible ...