Bali and Rana : To save Syria , bring Iraq and Iran to the international diplomatic table . Fighting al - Assad will be more costly in the long run than most analysts suppose , they say . ( CNN ) -- To defeat the regime , U.S. and its allies will have to heavily increase sanctions , they say . The current international approach seems likely to repeat Saddam 's mistakes in Iraq , they say .
Bali and Rana : To save Syria , bring Iraq and Iran to the international diplomatic table . Fighting al - Assad will be more costly in the long run than most analysts suppose , they say . To defeat the regime , U.S. and its allies will have to heavily increase sanctions , they say . The current international approach seems likely to repeat Saddam 's mistakes in Iraq , they say .