To the Editor : While Joshua Landis makes a few salient points in '' Do n't Push Syria Away , '' he does not emphasize the most pressing reasons for American pressure on Damascus : the regime 's constant flirtation with the very same jihadist Islamist movements that Mr. Landis purports that Syria is opposed to .
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