Humanitarian war to end hostilities

In the aftermath of the anti-Daesh coalition summit in Munich where the members seriously discussed options to take the fight deep into the terrorist camp, the message is clear.
It might have to be done to spur aid to the devastated, stem the tide of refugees and hasten the end of the fighting against a backdrop of tension between the US and Russia.
After 18 months of operations and five years of untiring unrest, the ante has been raised and there is now a collective desire to intensify the aerial attacks and also consider the possibility of moving ground troops into Syria.
The Saudi-led group of nations is now more determined than ever to end this prolonged war and also understands that things could extend indefinitely with Russia backing Assad against the American call for his ouster.
In another show of togetherness, the UAE is considering deploying commandos to train forces in the war against Daesh even as Saudi Arabia plans to increase its air presence by sending more aircraft to the Turkish base of Incirlik.
Saudi Arabia unquestioningly sees this as a defensive war in which there is no territorial gain but more a situation that cannot be allowed to stay a threat to regional peace and also one now steeped in human misery.
With civilian refugees streaming 3.8 million men, women and children and a country being devastated, the coalition has no choice but to escalate the pace and put pressure on a recalcitrant Assad who clearly has no intent of leaving the stage regardless of how much his nation is devastated.
The flow of the human river to the West is also a major issue and one that has the capacity to rent the fabric of the EU and create a confrontational impasse between the indigenous population and the migrant influx.
With the Russian backing for Assad, the US support for moderate rebels taking on Daesh and the coalition now upping its attacks against a menace to their security especially since the Syrian President has sworn to take on fresh troops and destroy all rebels until the nation is totally under his thumb, it is going to require pragmatic military and diplomatic steps and that is exactly what the coalition is doing.
In this scenario with winter set to recede in the coming weeks and the need to stem the tide of the refugees, one cannot rule out the possibility of boots on the terrain. Such a move is now within the realm as an option and might be the only viable move to spike the fighting and bring at least a forced cessation in hostilities.
One can only be heartened by the commitment that the coalition is showing in these sacrificial efforts to bring about peace and give the stricken Syrian people a lease on life. Indeed one could say it is humanitarian war in every definition of the phrase.