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Today's conflict in Syria was laid about four years ago, the panelists agreed, when the United States decided to aid the rebels and not overtly attack the current regime.
"There were reasons our president and others did not go down that path, but it was an invitation to others to play games in that environment," Weinstein said. "What their endgame is, we don't know."
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Wait, there is no endgame," McFaul said. "It's not that we yielded the endgame."
"Right," Rice replied.
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