Summary: Today on The Kim Brown Show: As the investigation continues into the Boston Marathon bombings, I've been struck by the tone of surprise and incredulity from the American media at how Russian intelligence helped to bring the Tsarnaevs onto our radar. There's this gross misconception that somehow Russia remains our old, Cold War enemy. While we've had some recent, public spats over adoption bans and Magnitsky lists, our two nations share a lot of counter-terrorism intelligence and joint military exercises. Obama is cool with Putin, and vice-versa. I attempt to quell some of these stereotypes. Its been alleged that chemical weapons are now being used in Syria. Why is this important to us? The international community senses the urgency in getting involved in the Syrian conflict to stop the bloodshed, estimated to be about 70,000 dead over the past two years, which means we will be in this somehow. The President addressed this at his press conference this week and I'm joined with Salman Shaikh, the Director of the Brookings Doha (Qatar) Center , to explain the gravity of the Syrian situation and how the risk of regional instability could affect the entire world.
