From Amir Basiri, Washington Examiner: “In his year-end press conference, President Obama reflected on the tragedy that has befallen Aleppo, Syria, where Iranian-backed militias and Russian warplanes helped Syrian dictator Bashar Assad reclaim the city and conduct a crime against humanity rivaling Rwanda and Srebrenica. "I ask myself every single day, is there something I could do that would save lives and make a difference and spare some child who doesn't deserve to suffer?" Obama said Friday. But there's a lot he could've done in past years — which, unfortunately, he did not acknowledge.”
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