“Former CIA Director David Petraeus, the architect of the US troop surge in Iraq in 2007, told lawmakers Tuesday that Syria has become a ‘geopolitical Chernobyl’ of extremism and chaos, and called for the US to act more aggressively against the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and its air power.”
Source: Petraeus: Syria ‘Geopolitical Chernobyl’ of Extremism