The Sarajevo of the 21st Century?

We can only hope that Damascus escapes the fate of being the Sarajevo of the 21stCentury, as US historian Daniel Lazare warned in a recent media interview.

Sarajevo is synonymous with the trigger that ignited World War I in 1914, which led to over 10 million deaths. It saw the demonic birth of modern wars of mass destruction.

Lazare contends that the American, French and British air strikes on April 14 are just the “first step in a far more aggressive US military campaign against Syria”.

He a...