It seems a bit like -dammed if we do and dammed if we don't. Didn't an earlier post of yours lament western interference? I thought that Assad is the baddie, albeit perhaps less bad than his opponents, so why should the west help him? And with help, should it ever be forthcoming, would it...
I would agree that violence normally breeds more violence, but at some stage, violence, sadly, is all that some dictators understand. You make it sound so simple -just have peace in the Middle East, in itself a nigh-impossible task, and then the terrorism will stop. You don't seriously believe...