Hillary Clinton doesn't get ethnic conflict

Yedidya Atlas makes a convincing case that US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton doesn't get Syria - and doesn't get ethnic conflict in general. Really, that's not surprising. I doubt most westerners get ethnic conflict, and that's been a problem forwestern understanding of the Middle East for many years. This isn't Kansas (Hat Tip: Ricky G). The “Syrian people” is a composite of religious and