"Dissuading Syria calls for a more elegant solution."
I think a Jdam up Assad's and his cabinet's ass would be a pretty "elegant solution".
Course, that's just me, I'd probably flush a "Holy Koran" too.
Iran and Syria have got to go. Any talk about fearing an expansion of the war is a little to late. The war is already being carried to US from and by Syria and Iran. Time for some ASS WUP elegant or not.