Because it went so well in Libya…
Via Breitbart:
The Obama administration, in a failed effort to reduce violence and remove Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad from power, attempted to encourage a military coup in Syria, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reports.
WSJ learned from U.S. and Arab officials that the “Obama administration pursued secret communications with elements of Syria’s regime over several years in a failed attempt to limit violence and get President Bashar al-Assad to relinquish power.”
“Early on, the U.S. looked for cracks in the regime it could exploit to encourage a military coup, but found few,” added the report, noting that “the efforts reflect how President Barack Obama’s administration has grappled to understand and interact with an opaque Middle East dictatorship run for 45 years by the Assad family.”