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On issues like Ukraine, on issues like Syria, we've had very significant differences [with Russia].

— Barack Obama

I think it was going to be hard to work with Russians on Syria. There is some potential overlap between the U.S. and Russia…

— Richard N. Haass

It could truly be the case that Vladimir Putin has miscalculated in the long term with his adventure in Syria.

— Garry Kasparov

George W. Bush tried working with the Russians after 9/11; Obama had the reset. Both presidents achieved less than they wanted, but they both…

— Daniel Fried

I've said for a long time there is no military solution to the crisis in Syria. There has to be a diplomatic solution. ISIL…

— Brad Schneider

We warned when the crisis began in 2011 that unless it was resolved quickly, the country [Syria] would be destroyed. Unfortunately, our warnings are…

— Adel al-Jubeir

I think the Russians have played now for some time the role of providing cover for Bashar al-Assad's behavior. The alternative explanation that the…

— Rex W. Tillerson

Why give Russia or Syria any reason to doubt that Obama would use force?

— Lois Frankel

“This was not what they wanted to hear because ever since Barack Obama had become president in 2009, the main policy of the US…

— Bill Browder

Russia is not going to give up easily on Syria. They've had a relationship with that country since 1955. It's very close to them.

— Rashid Khalidi

The Obama administration has been trying out a new policy toward Syria since the day it came to office. The Bush cold shoulder was…

— Elliott Abrams

On Syria, it's clear that the indiscriminate attacks on civilians by the [Bashar] Assad regime and Russia will only worsen the humanitarian catastrophe and…

— Barack Obama