More like, engage Syria with a cubic kilometer of napalm, "engage Syria". I am tired of the "
Peace of Saladin" tacic.
I use that tactic when I'm playing "Robin Hood: Defender of the Crown". I'll call a cease-fire, hold a joust, take the Usurper's land and conquer him in the same turn. The AI trigger never gets the chance to fire (when you take the land square adjacent to the Usurper, the AI immediately spends tons of gold on defenses).
This tactic is partially why Europe consideres Hitler to be the most evilest dictator,
ever. He lied to them. He made treaties that he fully intended to break when he had all his troops in position. And that tactic is exactly why I believe Syria would not currently be negotiating in "good faith".