It does little good to accomplish our aims on the Syrian front if we can’t leverage them to achieve our greater goals of returning a greater measure of peace stability to the region by containing Iran and helping crush Islamist extremism
Crush Jihadists in Syria; then focus on restoring Middle East peace
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Anyone who argues that the United States ought to get deeply involved in the civil war in Syria ought to have his head examined.
There is no easy answer for that quagmire. If there was, the strongmen in Tehran and Moscow wouldn’t stand by and let responsible nations implement them.
That is not say that the U.S. should sheepishly acknowledge Assad’s dictatorial, genocidal regime. As a matter of policy, Washington should reject the legitimacy of the government in Damascus. But we shouldn’t forcibly attempt to enforce the policy.
We also shouldn’t do nothing.
