Is Putin Our Ally in Syria? Patrick J. Buchanan
http://www.creators.com/conservative/pat-buchanan/is-putin-our-ally-in-syria.html <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001aeljKDxLhr-2ZzhGtjnWYv_Z6nj-ESsv3eW3K7YTvRZF0KF4aG7BYeHjyTJJLajQezIbGHjHRy3G0HGaBZe71cDeyYqE2Rq-djjQ4uJAj7SLjkG5aiI00xj6aCeAN2ZJBQ9SwFJTMOJSj3bNa5V5_o_Sa4DYtrS9meb9eNBsgC3-HAhOH_DDxZy8mz0C-se_ge__E1MlsPV1PgTzUqsRtOgo3vHiD5cBPrJMp5Sh1wPw3iU3avixPyDf9YpLuc09&c=HMf0hJ35A6riaYmxeOrGQ_7rdwepipQ7DEF4CqgfGUb224C8j_5_1A==&ch=AL2TuzWiTnQHFZmLw1PRW2Se8IgJjUtxkaq2Cz3hAl2pDNDVf71oOA==> Among the presidential candidates of the Republican Party and their foreign policy leaders on Capitol Hill the cry is almost universal: Barack Obama has no strategy for winning the war on ISIS. This criticism, however, sounds strange coming from a party that controls Congress but has yet to devise its own strategy, or even to authorize the use of U.S. military force in Syria ... If we declare a no-fly zone over Syria, or establish a "safe zone," we risk war not only with Syria, but Russia, Iran and Hezbollah. None of these allies of Assad will meekly stand aside while we take military action to deny the Syrian regime and army the right to defend itself and survive in its war against ISIS, al-Nusra and other assorted jihadists and rebels.
