Here are two prescriptions for Syrian policy, both by veteran Middle East analysts who know the turf, but arriving at vastly different conclusions.
Longtime Beirut-based journalist Michael Young, writing at the Now website, offers "Toward a Syrian endgame? The anti-ISIS campaign may lead to an Assad exit."
On the other hand, Graham E. Fuller, writing at The Huffington Post, argues that "Embracing Assad Is a Better Strategy for the U.S. Than Supporting the Least Bad Jihadis."
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