Presidential race 2016

[HairOfTheDog]

Obama has taken the "do nothing" path with Syria since 2012. That's not turning out so good for us.

That's one take on it. But, would directly intervening in Syria's civil war really have been more in America's best interest?

Another take on it: had the U.S. intervened with no clear or qualified leadership to fill the power vacuum left by Assad's (secular) regime, the U.S. would likely have once again taken sides in a civil war or coup (like Egypt and Yemen and Libya) only to see the investment of American lives and dollars lead to even more unrest and destabilization.