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Article snippet: MORE is widely expected to take action against Syria following a suspected chemical attack on Saturday that is being blamed on forces loyal to Bashar Assad. But the debate is exposing fissures among Trump’s team about his broader foreign policy stances. On one side, conservatives worry that Trump’s isolationist instincts and unpredictable nature will give up hard-won gains in Syria and across the region, especially against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). “Strategically, much as I can sympathize with anyone who says the Middle East is just a vale of tears and we should stay out, we find that when we do that we get dragged back in on more adverse terms,” said Paul Wolfowitz, the former deputy secretary of Defense who advocated for intervention in Iraq during President George W. Bush’s administration. “Our enemies certainly seemed to have figured out that they have interests there,” Wolfowitz added. Others contend that moves in the direction favored by Wolfowitz would amount to a betrayal of the promises that got Trump elected, crystallized in his "America First" slogan. “The centerpiece of ‘America First’ is that overseas engagement is only going to happen where there is a vital national security interest of the United States,” said one GOP operative who believes the situation in Syria does not meet that threshold. Complicating the dynamic further is the arrival of John Bolton as national security adviser. Bolton, whose official first day in the job ... Link to the full article to read more