Will Washington's Hawks Get the Syria War They've Always Wanted?

[dilbert firestorm]

http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the...0059?page=show

"Unfortunately, Trump already is under excruciating pressure to abandon the new approach that Tillerson outlined. In the short term, it is imperative that the president ignore the calls of McCain, Rubio and other war hawks and avoid being goaded into taking military action against Assad for his alleged guilt in the latest chemical attack. Longer term, the administration needs to complete a comprehensive policy transformation and facilitate the exit of all U.S. military personnel from the Syrian civil war."

Trump needs to ignore the war hawks like McCain!!!

[Buddys Place]

People are whining about Russian influence? Let's worry about Israel and Saudi arabia.

[gnadfly]

What's in it for US?

They don't have a lot of oil.
They don't have any other natural resources.
It's not like they are the Islamic cultural center like Saudi Arabia.
They have some coastline to the Mediterranean sea.
They have some border with Israel.
Maybe some pipelines go through it?

Their #1 export is refugees.

There's no business case.
Fuck 'em.