Al Qaeda in Syria

Members of al-Nusra Front gesture as they drive in a convoy touring villages in the southern countryside of Syria’s Idlib province, December, 2014. (Photo: Khalil Ashawi/Reuters)

 
Members of al-Nusra Front gesture as they drive in a convoy touring villages in the southern countryside of Syria’s Idlib province, Decembe, 2014. (Photo: Khalil Ashawi/Reuters)
 

Veterans for Peace

[Michael Hoffman's Afterword and comments from readers follow this column]_____________________WITH SYRIA, DIPLOMACY NEEDS FORCEBy Michael IgnatieffNew York Times Opinion Pages | OP-ED February 26, 2014, page A25, New York TimesCAMBRIDGE, Mass. — THE conventional wisdom about Syria is that nothing can be done.