Turkey and the Saudis are talking about getting involved to oust Assad.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/12...12268.html
So long as the 'moderate force' isn't ISIS or Al Qaida, this could be exactly what the USA wants in the region....other countries investing their money and troops.
This isn't a homerun for the USA. There are risks to this policy. But for now, it appears as if the USA might have finally weaned the Middle East groups out of simply demanding we get involved in every quagmire in the region.
Hopefully, this is the start of countries in the region deciding to compete with each other to see how much they can work to support US interests, rather than undermine them. Our alliance is worth something. But many of the actors in that region, from Saudi Arabia, to Turkey, to Bibi, seem to be hellbent on sh*tting all over our interests while making us support their military capabilities and economies.
Right now, if Turkey doesn't act....we will just continue to work with the only tools we effectively can use to fight both Assad and ISIS/Al Qaida - which are the Kurds and the Iranians. So, those opposed to the Kurds and the Iranians now have to remove that problem for us.
A reevaluation of US alliances has been in order for a while. Erdogan and the Kingdom have been too willing to undermine us.