Rogue regimes never respond to anything less than hardball.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
No Western government has ever played the long-term in terms of foreign policy.
One of the lessons learned in the Middle East is to never try to anticipate the other side's moves.
Communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption, or both.
In international affairs, you never threaten things you're not prepared to do.
There's no national strategy to deal with combating terrorism and foreign fighters.
Nothing in the constitutions of Western states requires them to get involved in every foreign conflict.
It simply is not true that war never settles anything.
There's nothing good about Russia's activity in Syria.
The government never does anything successfully.
In the present imperialistic milieu there can be no wars of national self-defense.