Syria: the war continues

A child is wounded by his government in Syria. A government that cozies

up to and collaborates with some of America's most obstinate adversaries from Iran to Hezbollah, not to mention geo-political rivals like Russia and China.

Those of the words of reporter Greg Dobbs, writing in today's Denver Post. Dobbs notes that it is still uncertain who will prevail in this brutal three year war. It might be the Asaad government mentioned above. It might be the

rebels with their hearts set on an Islamic state,

or it might be

The least likely outcome now is a new Syria ruled by secular forces.

Dobbs concludes,

Americans are chastened by hard and haunting lessons over these past dozen-plus years about the cost of going to war. But in the absence of significant American assistance to turn the tide in Syria, the death and displacement and destruction there, and the growing threat to security here, show the cost of failing to join the fight.