in the friends of syria alliance met in doha, qatar to discuss the unraveling situation in the region. it didn t have to be this way. two years ago, many foreign policy experts argued swift intervention by the united states could quell a number of potentially disastrous developments while others warned we should totally out of what was ultimately a civil local conflict. two clear headed foreign policy choice and yet we did neither. we talked a big talk about red lines and stood idly by as they were crossed. president obama shook an indignant finger at the genocide of syria invoking the hollow cost you vowing never again. he said it wasn t a matter of if but when assad would go, yet, we ve done little to staunch either the bood shed or bring about a resolution to the conflict. getting in early the hawks said,