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Syria 'most dangerous situation' for Trump

11/04/2018 GMT

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Stephen Sackur speaks to Philip Gordon, Middle East adviser to President Obama in 2013.

HARDtalk speaks to Philip Gordon. In 2013, Assad's use of chemical weapons came close to prompting a US military response. Did hesitation then sow the seeds of today's crisis?

US military action against President Assad's forces in Syria seems imminent. President Trump told the Russians - Assad's military backers - to "get ready" by way of a tweet. A spiral of events which began with an alleged chemical weapons attack by the Syrian army is heading towards a dangerous confrontation between Washington and Moscow. HARDtalk's Stephen Sackur speaks to Philip Gordon - Barack Obama's senior adviser on the Middle East in 2013 when Assad's use of chemical weapons came close to prompting a US military response. Did hesitation then sow the seeds of today's crisis?

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