Well this is beginning to look a tad ominous. None of this, if it is going the way it currently looks, will end well. The region is badly unstable, with Iraq, Libya, Egypt frankly, a mess. Moving against stronger and larger Arab countries, in the name of civilian protection, is extremely dubious. A combined Iranian/Syrian, Russian and Chinese backed force, teamed up with the other factions might be s bit more than the West can chew. Either our politicians know something the rest of us don't, or we are again being seriously mid led. I suspect the latter