Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World? — Season 1, Episode 8: Syria – A Loop of Imperfection

Episode synopsis

America’s unwillingness to act after a chemical attack, causes Syrian rebels to despair. Obama concludes that there is no scenario where intervention in Syria would give a desired outcome.

About Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World?

No easy answers? Decision-makers from Kissinger to Rice revisit how the US responded to conflicts from Rwanda to Iraq. Faced with human suffering - who has responsibility to act?

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Iraq: For Every Insect There is an Insecticide
• E2Bosnia: Our Soldiers Are Not Toy Soldiers
• E3Rwanda – That Was a Local Thing
• E4Kosovo – In the Name of Our Future
• E5Darfur – Carrots for a War Criminal
• E6Libya – If You Break It You Own It
• E7Syria – The Risk of Doing Nothing