Actually, We need to eliminate Syria. Syria is the principle Iranian surrogate. To eliminate that coalition is a great boon to the world. Iran is responsible for most of the current problems.
It seems to me that although the rebels have made great strides they are not able to complete the mission. The Turks and the gulf Arabs have provided the aid to date. Israel is a silent part of the rebel
coalition till this week. They have acted as others can not, in self defense.
The end game is in process and it is ok for us to provide something from the off shore stock piles.
In a perfect world, we’d eliminate Syria, Iran and a few other rogue nations as well, but that’s not going to happen. The al-Qaida rebels are far worse than Assad. Our realistic options are few, and helping al-Qaida come to power next door to Israel isn’t the answer.