Gordon Forgey

The clamoring to go to war in Syria has subsided. American leaders from both parties who wanted to punish Syria and its leader Bashar Assad for using chemical weapons have quieted down.

That is because a plan now exists for controlling Assad’s chemical weapons without resorting to military strikes.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has put forward the plan to which the U.S. is subscribing. Putin is promoting the containment and removal of Assad’s chemical weapons.

His real aim is to eliminate interference in Syria from other nations.

Regardless of the reasons, it is a plan that might just work...