WMD excuse when nothing else worked to gin up public support for intervention into Iraq
https:// www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/1998/02/24/open-letter-to-the-president-4/
Syria on the wish list for a long time
"Bringing real muscle to bear on Syria"
https:// www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP88B00443R001404090133-0.pdf
http:// yournewswire.com/declassified-documents-obama-ordered-cia-to-train-isis/