In Our Astrategic Syria Debate, Cato Institute’s Justin Logan refers to a recent paper from ISW (founded by Dr. Kimberly Kagan) stating, “The goal behind U.S. support to the opposition (Syria) should be to build a force on the ground that is committed to building a nonsectarian, stable Syria, with a government more likely to respect American interests.”

Mr. Logan concludes, “Anyone who doesn’t deal with the underlying political problems at stake is threatening to push the country into another ill-considered, potentially costly war.”