Last week Nawaf al-Fares , Syria 's ambassador to Iraq , resigned from the government and joined the opposition , and the government 's militiamen apparently shot villagers in Tremseh at close range . Syria becomes a greater emergency with each passing day , says Kiron K. Miller . But U.S. must think twice before entering yet another Middle East battlefield , she says . Also : Israel 's involvement in Lebanon two decades ago tells us what could transpire . We should keep in mind Senator Weinberger 's national security doctrine of 1984 , she says .
Syria becomes a greater emergency with each passing day , says Kiron K. Miller . But U.S. must think twice before entering yet another Middle East battlefield , she says . Also : Israel 's involvement in Lebanon two decades ago tells us what could transpire . We should keep in mind Senator Weinberger 's national security doctrine of 1984 , she says .