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I appreciate the support. 
And I'm glad there are others here who see this vital policy adjustment favorably. Of the five recent M.E. decapitations Syria's seemed to have the least justification. After a dubious PR flurry (the lesbian blogger who proved fake for example) and a brief "social-media" fueled Arab Spring, some provocateur violence was laid at Assad's feet, which he firmly disavowed, and presto, we had a new evil dictator oppressing a cadre of well-armed rebels getting political cover from the west.
As transparent as it all was, the campaign appears to have succeeded, and even here there's a faction that approves any catastrophe as long it's seen as a blow against Assad, for example the mosque bombing yesterday that killed 42 people in Damascus. So I have to marvel at the smooth sailing Kerry's gotten so far and hope it lasts.
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