JOHN KERRY and CHUCK HAGEL in the WSJ, here
"...Syria's leaders have always made cold calculations in the name of self-preservation, and history shows that intensive diplomacy can pay off....
Dialogue can open the door for greater cooperation on Iraq. Top Syrian officials have argued that Syria shares America's interest in a stable, secular Iraq and does not want a strongly pro-Iranian regime in Baghdad. Our partnership with Sunni tribes against al Qaeda may have further aligned our interests. As U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker has noted, Islamic extremists also threaten Syria....."
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