The various schemes that have been proposed for a kind of tiddlywinks intervention from around the edges of the conflict -- no-fly zones, bombing Damascus and so forth -- would simply make the situation worse. None of the proposals would result in an outcome strategically beneficial for the U.S. On the contrary, they would produce a more complex, undefined slide into the worst-case scenario. The only solution is to seek Russian and Chinese support for U.N.-sponsored elections in which, with luck, Assad might be 'persuaded' not to participate.
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