Liz Sly – Obama promised no proxy war with Russia. Did U.S. weapons supplied to Syrian rebels draw Russia into the conflict? | Jewish World Review

Liz Sly – Obama promised no proxy war with Russia. Did U.S. weapons supplied to Syrian rebels draw Russia into the conflict? | Jewish World Review

BEIRUT — American antitank missiles supplied to Syrian rebels are playing an unexpectedly prominent role in shaping the Syrian battlefield, giving the conflict the semblance of a proxy war between the United States and Russia, despite President Barack Obama’s express desire to avoid one.