In September 29th's edition of American Thinker, Michael Curtis wrote a very well thought-out article, examining the complexity of the situation in Southwest Asia. He detailed the issues, the actors and the current and possible future fallout from U.S. inaction. His solution, however, is more tactical than strategic and would foster more harm than good. Here's the money quote: The Obama administration must join Putin in pressing for peace negotiations between the parties in the Syrian civil war, in which a solution can be reached, irrespective of any agreement on the future of Assad himself. More important is cooperation between the U.S. and Russia on the elimination of ISIS. On this point Putin is more insightful than Western leaders. This short term approach may help bring the ISIS problem under some modicum of control, but it will exacerbate the problems caused by the continuing U.S. abandonment of the area, otherwise known as "leading from...(Read Full Article)