CIA Director: Paris Attacks Should Bring US, Russia Closer

Defense One: For years, governments in the Persian Gulf and the West alike, while disagreeing on much, have been in accord on one big thing—Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad is among the most heinous forces on the planet and has to go. But after the ISIL attack on Paris, he improbably seems much less odious, and most likely now has a lifeline to continued power.

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