The Chicken and the Pig

For John, BLUF:  It is the old joke about breakfast.  For the chicken it is involvement, but for the pig it is total commitment.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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A different perspective:

This is the biggest pie on Assad's plate: for Obama it's a Second or Third Tier problem.

If Assad and his followers lose they, their families and their supporters are dead.  I mean like really, really dead, many of them in horrific ways.

Obama won't be able to run again and many of his key people and advisors will be banished to comfortable academic exiles.  Assad and his people have no place to hide.

Is it any wonder why Assad shows no interest in playing nice?

Regards  —  Cliff