Head Of U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee: 'Russia And The Assad Regime Have Won The Syrian War'

U.S. Senator Bob Corker in Washington May 20, 2015. REUTERS/JIM BOURG

The Hill: Senate foreign policy chairman: Russia the winner in Syria's civil war

The outcome of Syria’s long-running civil war is effectively settled, according to the head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

And Russia won.

“Let’s face it: This is close to over now,” Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) told reporters at a breakfast sponsored by The Christian Science Monitor on Wednesday.

“It is very difficult at present, with Russia having stepped into the vacuum … now it’s a direct conflict with Russia,“ Corker added, “which is why there’s unlikely to be a Plan B.”

American inaction, Corker maintained — particularly following President Obama’s failure to act on the “red line” he imposed in 2013 with regard to the use of chemical weapons — has effectively empowered Russia’s support of embattled leader Bashar Assad.

“Let’s face it: We are empowering Assad,” Corker maintained on Wednesday.

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WNU Editor: It is too early to make such a claim. And even if the Syria government with its allies (including Russia) win the war .... winning the peace is a different story. Bottom line .... this conflict is going to last a long time.