That said, it is quite legitimate to ask Sen. Corker and all the other people who are now rushing to microphones to line up with Carly Fiorina to establish no-fly zones, what is the strategy? What are we trying to gain in Syria?
No-fly zones are tactics and tactics are in service of strategies and strategies are in service of policy. It is clear beyond any question that we have no policy and no strategy in the Middle East, much less in Syria. There is no one who knows this better than Vladimir Putin whose Navy in the area will soon be joined by the Chinese, who also are aware of this deficiency.
Winston Churchill in one of his most famous wartime speeches asked a question which was not rhetorical but which was vitally pertinent and which he proceeded explicitly to answer, "what is our strategy, you ask?"
