Obama: I Am 'Haunted' by Syria

U.S. President Barack Obama says he is "haunted" by what is happening in Syria, but not by his decision not to get the U.S. involved militarily.   In an interview with The New Yorker magazine, Obama said it is "magical thinking" to believe that arming the opposition earlier would have gotten rid of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad by this time.   The president said only U.S. involvement in Syria at the scope and size of the war in Iraq would have led to a...

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