Savage definitely has a possible solution here. If it happens in Iran, blame it on Sunni extremists. If it happens in Syria, blame it on Shiite extremists.
Savage is 100% correct in what we should be doing -the Corleone response.
Don Corleone addressing the heads of the Five Families. Corleone also announces his intention to make arrangements to bring his youngest son Michael back safely, but warns:
I'm a superstitious man, and if some unlucky accident should befall him, if he should get shot in the head by a police officer, or if he should hang himself in his jail cell, or if he's struck by a bolt of lightning, then I'm going to blame some of the people in this room. And that, I do not forgive.