In the Middle East, tribal politics and insidious power grabs are par for the course. Thus, the only effective way to deal with regional hegemons like Iran is from a position of strength, not appeasement. President Obama and Secretary Kerry, however, have allowed Iran to drive the end game in Syria and to drive America into irrelevancy. This administrations capacity for appeasement, weakness and dysfunction with regard to foreign policy particularly on Syria seems to know no limits. First there were meaningless red lines, followed by chemical weapons distractions, and now a deadly diplomatic dance with Tehran.