It’s not Peoria and it’s not beyond a solution. It may take 10 years but Syria and Iraq will settle out much like the Yugoslavian regions settled. Independent or federated states based upon ethnicity and religion.
Everyone saw this coming. It is not a surprise or incomprehensible -except to people who shouldn’t be contemplating such things to begin with.
But this is not the only thing going on. In my “interesting times” piece I compared it to Poland of 1939. A lot of people saw that coming too.