Be wary when the military says no to a policy, but candidates for president say yes. It invariably means the policy was either half-baked, politically expedient, or hatched by some millennial-age advisor who thinks Clausewitz is a brand of German beer.The latest in a batch of a bad ideas, which makes a cameo in nearly all the presidential contenders’ foreign policy platforms, is the idea of installing a no-fly zone over Syria.What’s there not to like? After all, a no-fly zone should appeal to a vast constituency of voters who seek a more aggressive and robust, yet humane and sensible, … Continue reading Under my Umbrella: The No-Fly Zone Fallacy