Looking at Syria...

If the US wants some advice on Syria, here is some---Don't.

Don't get involved, don't intervene, don't even comment on it.

Let events in Syria run its course.

No need to re-experience Libya where we arm and intervene on the side of "rebels" who later turn around and attack us.

The problem with Middle Eastern revolutions is that they are often not revolutions at all. Too often the "revolutionaries" are often indistinguishable from the people they overthrew.....can you say "Egypt"?  Middle Eastern "revolutions" are often battles between armed bands of psychotics.

Senator Lindsey Graham (or is it Graham Lindsey?) wants the US to launch cruise missiles at Syrian military emplacements or even launch air raids.  Naturally, this is the first step toward getting mixed up in another Middle Eastern war...like we have not seen enough of that (Afghanistan 2001,  Iraq 2003) not to mention the ongoing, never ending "crisis" with Iran that has been going on since at least 2005.

The Israelis should not open fire on the border either.  Remember the miscalculation Saddam Hussein made in 1980 thinking he could defeat Iran when it was in the middle of the Islamic Revolution.  An Israeli attack will unite all of the Syrian factions and push the country towards Iran.  The nightmare of an Iran with influence extending to the Med is a nightmare no one wants to see either. It might be the Persian Empire reborn and while many say intervention will prevent this from happening, it seems more like it would,

The Middle East has been in chaos since 3500 BC if not longer.  We are not going to change that.  Keeping it contained is one thing.  Wading in is nothing anyone sane wants to do....except maybe Haliburton.