Former US Ambassador Ford: Where we went wrong on Syria | The InnerView

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Former US Ambassador Ford: Where we went wrong on Syria | The InnerView

Former US Ambassador to Syria, Robert Ford, tells Imran Garda that his country had a fundamentally flawed analysis regarding Syria and was wrong to dismiss a military solution to the country’s crisis. But how was a military solution even possible without repeating the type of catastrophe we saw in Iraq? Ford served under Barack Obama, and was famous for being the American Ambassador who attended an anti-Assad protest in Hama, as the revolution unfolded and the crackdown began. As Ambassador he met Assad and says he was a brazen liar. Now that Bashar al Assad’s Ba’athist regime has been toppled, what does Ford think will happen next? On this episode of The InnerView, diplomat and Middle East expert Robert Ford discusses the lessons of war, the missteps of US policy, and the hopes and hurdles ahead for a post-Assad Syria. Can the new Syria have peace with justice?