The President dismissed the notion that the terrorist couple were part of a larger cell and suggested that they acted on their own, while still being unable to piece together everything that led them to carry out their killings. Obama didn’t announce any groundbreaking policy changes in response, and these drew the consternation of Republicans who had hoped that he’d use the occasion to intensify US military efforts in the Mideast.
The very next day, the Syrian government accused the US-led coalition of bombing one of its positions in Deir ez-Zor, in what was either a stroke of accident or Machiavellian plan.
Fyodor Voitolovsky, deputy director, Institute of World Economy and International relations (studio guest) and Max Suchkov, Visiting Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study of Russia at New York University, commented on the issue.
