Published on December 3rd, 2015 | https://lobelog.com/the-fallacy-of-a-military-solution-in-syria/#more-32106

The Fallacy of a Military Solution in Syria

By Jim Lobe
In case you haven’t noticed, neocons are once again leading the charge to send in more U.S. ground forces to achieve a military solution to the Islamic State (ISIS or IS) in both Syria and Iraq by. 
That great military thinker, Bill Kristol, has suggested that we send in 50,000 U.S. troops, if that’s what it takes. Kristol’s historic (and generally more sophisticated) partner-in-crime, Bob Kagan, threw out the same number in a surprisingly silly essay (“The Crisis of World Order”) published in last Saturday’s Wall Street Journal. Kagan argued that the Iraq invasion (for which both of them bear substantial intellectual responsibility) and the Libya intervention have made the United States far too risk-averse.https://lobelog.com/the-fallacy-of-a-military-solution-in-syria/#more-32106