Tags: Foreign Policy

Says it is "only a first step"

On the basis of what?

Says they are groundless

Seems like those red lines aren't lining up

And would show American policymakers have learned nothing in the last decade

Despite evidence that the Syrian government used chemical weapons

Xi Jinping needs the People's Liberation Army as a domestic political tool

Sentenced to 15 years of hard labor

Analysts do not see regime collapse

Expected to make a decision within weeks

Every couple of months