... In fact, I believe you have the same plan but cannot say it publically.
I would do as we did during the 8 years long Iran/Iraq War (1980-1988). I would clandestinely arm both (all) sides of the conflict - ISIS/al Qaeda, Syria, Syrian rebels, Kurds, etc. - and have them busy themselves playing war in the mountains, deserts and no-man's lands of the Mideast. We can wring our hands for the hapless people caught in the crossfire, support a few useless UN resolutions decrying the violence and when the sand settles allow the "winner" to fire their weapons into the air and rule all they survey. It a win-win-win!
I would do as we did during the 8 years long Iran/Iraq War (1980-1988). I would clandestinely arm both (all) sides of the conflict - ISIS/al Qaeda, Syria, Syrian rebels, Kurds, etc. - and have them busy themselves playing war in the mountains, deserts and no-man's lands of the Mideast. We can wring our hands for the hapless people caught in the crossfire, support a few useless UN resolutions decrying the violence and when the sand settles allow the "winner" to fire their weapons into the air and rule all they survey. It a win-win-win!