We installed dictators, which is the epitome of 'Western values' historically speaking. Cynical, but true. Watch us do it again really quick. I expect that Assad is going to stay. In the past we would have replaced him, but he has Russia's backing.None of the effective strategies to fight radical Islam are really compatible with western values so what can you really do?
Trying to remove Assad was a mistake, unless you take the cynical view that we were trying to destabilize europe and weaken the eurozone. In that case it was a stunning success. Besides were past the point where installing a new dictator in Syria will do much for the radical Islam problem in Europe. The question now is how do you fight radical and dangerous ideas (Islamic and otherwise)? Non western countries have faced this problem for 60+ years but the problem is new to western nations and is something we are poorly equipped to handle. The very nature of fighting Ideas is strange to us. I really don't know... Its a very complex and difficult problem
In this 21st century it is showing that any ideology is not scalable for long. I would say that strengthening our own borders and domestic policy - in effect deconstructing much of the global financial network that has run amok - will promote a new era in international trade. One that is not promoted on agreed upon ideas of valuation. When the age old premise of supply and demand resurfaces as the sole proprietor in dictating the ebb and flow of the actions of one state to another, we will no longer be so heavily subject to as radical ideologues as the equally scewed powers that be promoting an unsustainable system of governance. There is going to be a reset.