Although there will be new 17th Street updates relating to the Alienist books in the near future, in the meantime another new Op-Ed from Caleb Carr has appeared in today’s New York Daily News. An excerpt from Mr. Carr’s new piece “Let Europe lead the war in Syria: History counsels caution for American troops,” along with a link to the full Op-Ed for interested visitors, has been included below.
A wave of bellicose media, congressional and independent critics have scoffed at the idea that France and the European Union should lead the fight to dismantle ISIS within Syria — suggesting instead the U.S., in the spirit of its 2001 invasion of Afghanistan, go in with ground troops and guns blazing. But not only have these critics offered no effective alternative, they are missing key considerations that make a proposed American-led ground action in Syria potentially disastrous.
