These people don't deserve our protection.
We shouldn't be in the nation-building/policing business, especially in Islamic countries (where the chance of success is dim at best). Our armed forces are not peacekeepers, they're warriors. If we believe a regime is a threat, then destroy its military might and kill its leadership. Leave the nation-building to the survivors. If they're wise they'd build a nation that behaves, as they'd have first-hand knowledge of the consequences if they don't.