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Andrew Exum @ExumAM Testimony to House For Aff Com. on why Russia entered Syria in 2015 - "We worried that the Assad Regime might finally collapse [in the face of ISIS advances] in a way that would endanger US interests, to include the security of Israel. scribd.com/document/40935…
The US Defense Department deemed the possibility of ISIS overrunning Damascus in 2015 to be a form of "catastrophic success," according to @ExumAM because the US was trying to overthrow the Assad regime.
The Obama administration's fear of "catastrophic success" helps explain President Obama's complacency about Russia's intervention into the Syrian war. Some in the administration thought the US & RU should work together, others not b/c it meant working with the Assad government.
