Who is the alternative?
I posted this a while back on another thread; fits here too:
Syria is a no-win, and therefore possibly a win-win civil war for all parties concerned, except of course, for the innocent people being killed as collateral damage. No matter which side comes out on top in this war, it will be bad news. Either Assad the Dictator maintains his dynasty and iron grip control over his populations, or, in the alternative, the opposition will take over, and the Muslim Brotherhood (plus Al-Qaeda elements) will rule the new Dictatorship, establish Sharia law, as in all of the other Arab Spring turnover countries, and will become an eventual terrorist state and enemy of western countries. Some choice, eh?
However, if we do nothing, which is the preferable choice, nothing happens but more continuous fighting. Therefore keeping the Middle East in turmoil, with continuous fighting right in a neighboring state of Russia (which is fine by me) while two sets of bad actors, Assad and his regime on one side, and the Muslim Brotherhood/Al Qaeda, on the other, busy killing each other off. I feel extremely sorry for the more secularist parts of the Syrian population being adversely affected to the max, but as we already know from other Arab Spring country uprisings, these people never gain control, the Muslim Brotherhood extremists will (example Egypt).
Bottom line, let the Syrians keep on fighting till they wear themselves out, keep the U.S. out of this internecine warfare, and let Russia or others figure this out. John McCain and his constant war mongering notwithstanding, we have no dog in this fight to speak of, except to not get involved in yet another messy Mid East fiasco as we have done so many times before. The only country in the Middle East we have a moral obligation to defend and come to the aid of is Israel, the only true democracy in the whole area of the Mid East, our ally, our ears and eyes to what is going on over there in that forever turbulent region, and our only true friend in the neighborhood. OTHERWISE STAY OUT!