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"My vote? Get out of Syria and leave it to the Syrians and the Russians. We do not have viable options that would be better than Assad, so we should stay out. Anything we do will either (1) prolong the civil war, or (2) replace Assad with someone far worse."

I could argue that your vote is another vote for more permanent Russian bases in Syria and a naval buildup on the Mediterranean for Russia, Syria, Iran, North Korea,... As for Assad, his domestic enemies are a mix of religious subgroups who are wanting more freedom. It's common knowledge that Islamic State has already been effectively shut down in the region. Assad's foreign enemies are and have been the U.S.A., Israel and NATO countries.

But it appears that with your perception of the situation and likely extensive enough education for background knowledge, you wouldn't change your mind.

Eventually and possibly soon, armies from the uttermost parts of the north will advance against Jerusalem, and descendants of pre-ancient Persia, Cush and Phut (from before the slow, northward migrations of sub-saharans, a time when northern Africa wasn't so dry) will follow them. Descendants of those nations and of several other pre-ancient nations will develop a similar obsession in many of today's countries.

A war in Israel will commence, culminating in the beginning of an unprecedentedly terrible plague that will spread from that area to the other countries of the world. The wealthiest investors worldwide will run out of ways to keep their money. There will be very short term but intense civil wars in many countries including this one (see the mix of ancestries here).

All because of a rebellion in several lines of descent against G-d's eternally unchanging Law and G-d's eternally unchanging decision for Israel. It's happening according to the Prophets including bizarre, widespread changes in human behavior in unison.

Everyone knows that something big and new is happening, but it seems that very few want to know what it is.

“It’s common knowledge that Islamic State has already been effectively shut down in the region”

Thanks to Trump, not that he gets any credit. Did more in a year than Obama did during his entire tenure.

The situation has gotten a lot simpler. ISIS has been pushed into the desert and the occasional small town (except in southwest Syria, where Assad has been ignoring them in order to go after everyone else). Al Nusra has all been pushed to Idlib where they’re being systematically wiped out by Turkey as Turkey unifies the province under the control of their own militias and military; there’s not much of them left. They have a “join us or be wiped out” policy, so bit by bit all of the Arab opposition is ending up under their control. The Kurds are basically a protectorate of the US. And then you have Assad/Russia/Iran controlled soldiers and militias. More and more, there’s really just three parties “plus change” with actual people in Syria (plus a couple like Israel, who just occasionally comes in to bomb Iranians)

If it’s time for Armageddon, nothing President Trump could do would stop it. If God does not want that to happen yet, nothing Trump does will make it happen. Either way, I’m more than happy to see God’s will. If this is something God chooses to let us decide, then my vote is to stay out and let the people who have an interest in the outcome fight among themselves.