Syria has become the battleground for a proxy war that has little to do with those who are dying. The culprits fueling the fight are Russia, Iran, Syria’s neighbors, Islamists, and the United States. The outcome could radically reshape the Middle East.
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This week the U.S. Senate will likely pass legislation that accepts significant cybersecurity risk, an issue most Americans believe is “very important” for which our top cyber commander says we are grossly unprepared. Don’t expect real reform until after America is crippled by the coming cyber “Pearl Harbor” attack.
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Once Syrian president Bashar al-Assad falls, the country could regroup under a unity government to become a prosperous democratic state or it could experience years of civil war, sectarian atrocities and/or terrorists could take over to create an Islamic totalitarian state.
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There has been plenty of breaking news about Iran, but the most important story earned little attention.
Last week, the Pentagon declassified portions of a report to Congress that indicates Iran’s military is rapidly growing its conventional force’s lethality. That means the price of delaying military action to destroy Tehran’s nuclear weapons program, when sanctions inevitably fail, could soon become too costly.
Unless the Nigerian government quickly acts that African country could collapse into sectarian civil war and eventually become a terrorist haven like Somalia. That prospect creates a serious challenge for American interests in the region.
The Obama administration wants Americans to believe their Iraq policy is a success even as Baghdad is heading off a political cliff that favors Iran.
The Obama administration is leaking sensitive information to bolster the president’s national security credentials and portray him as a hands-on commander in chief in preparation for the November presidential election. These leaks damage our security, the culprits ought to go to jail, and Congress must quickly stop the hemorrhaging.
Syria’s dictator will defeat his foes unless America takes the lead and, based on the signals coming from the White House, the odds favor U.S. military action this year.
Syria’s bloody civil war promises to end with an anti-American outcome no matter which side wins. That is why our Syria policy must focus on America’s Middle East interests and not the latest atrocity. Stay out of Syria.
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