British Counter-Intelligence Expert Richard Barrett: Western Nations Have Acted ‘A Bit Too Late’ in Syria
Amanpour, CNN
By: Henry Hullah
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The inaction of the West has prompted Muslims from across the globe to make the treacherous journey to Syria to join the even more dangerous civil war that has been waged for almost two years.
12,000 fighters have flooded Syria, more even than went to fight the Soviets in Afghanistan, have created a violent reaction in western nations known as ‘blowback’.
British Counter-Intelligence expert and veteran Intelligence officer and Senior Vice President of The Soufan Group, Richard Barrett told Amanpour that “In many ways, the Western nations, as Mr. Brahimi suggested, are in a bit of a bind here. What is the correct policy to conduct towards Syria? And I think the retiring ambassador, Robert Ford, also suggested this. It’s now a bit too late. But with hindsight, you would have done things differently. But that’s always the way. And very, very hard now for Western nations to correct a policy which would satisfy all their citizens that they were doing the right thing.”
Amanpour asked if there was any way the U.K., France or even the United States could prevent foreign fighters in Syria returning and encouraging…
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