MILITARY/SYRIA: "President Donald Trump’s pledge to create safe zones in Syria for displaced civilians carries with it the possibility of greater U.S. military involvement in the country’s conflict, including a more substantial use of air power and of American or allied ground forces—moves the Pentagon has previously rejected."
– “Syria Safe-Zone Idea Carries Risks for U.S.,” The Wall Street Journal online, Jan 26 ,2017, Paul Sonne and Dion Nissenbaum, 1/26/2017