OBAMA'S SYRIAN POLICY ON VERGE OF DEFEAT

In early October, Obama warned that the Russian air campaign targeting the Syrian rebels, which had just begun, threatened to draw Putin into a "quagmire." The D.C. foreign policy "smart set" and the establishment media that have been cheerleaders for Obama's Syria policy since 2011 dutifully followed along with the received "quagmire" narrative.

Now, four months later, the rebel stronghold of Aleppo -- Syria's largest city and former commercial center -- is surrounded, and Obama's entire Syria policy teeters on the verge of complete defeat.