How ironic, that of all people, Wesley Clark, who exposed the .....

....insane over-reach of the PNAC quest, evidently fails to see that it is still operating, on an extended time-frame!
Syria was a moderately stable and successful secular nation, outside of the Saudi/Sunni fold (like Iraq) and the refugee burden from the "Iraq War" pushed it into partial failure.
Now, ISIS/IS/ISIL/Daesh is acting as a useful tool to take down Syria and oppose the Shia of Iraq, and there is evidence of covert support from Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and others.
If the US really intended to end ISIS, why aren't it's oil shipments confiscated? Why aren't the buyers in trouble? Why aren't it's funds frozen? Why aren't it's fleets droned? Are the PNAC schemers still calling the shots? Are the MIC and the Homeland Security crew happy with their made-to-order "terrorist enemy" and the associated financial bonanza?

'Seven nations in five years' morphs to 'twelve years in - five down, two left.'