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Still, I fear the mistakes of Iraq and Libya are going to be repeated. Russia won't take lightly to the sovereignty of its ally being violated.

It goes beyond that. The fact is, the Russians are on Assad's side because with him, they are able to preserve their basing rights -- their only naval base outside the Bosporus for their Black Sea fleet, and a well-placed air base. In order to preserve those assets, they entered the Syrian civil war.

Imposing a no-fly zone upon an unwilling country is, legally, an act of war, and the Russians, as Assad's allies who have been invited to be there, would be well within their rights to bomb or shoot down any American personnel and equipment deployed to enforce such a motion.

Because of this, there will not be a no-fly zone.