Well, Syria is NOT our friend. Early in the Bush days, I hoped he would take them on, since they were helping our enemies in Iraq. That would have been the time to do it.
But I can’t get too worked up about this. I doubt whether the protestors will make friendlier rulers than the regime they are trying to replace. Some decent people are involved, no doubt, but it’s not usually the decent people who emerge in charge of this kind of violent revolution. It’s the Robespierres, or the Muslim fanatics.
Muslims fighting against Muslims, which is what they like to do if there are no handy churches to burn or infidels to kill. It would be futile to intervene, especially with the current government in charge and the UN waiting in the wings.
Certainly not worth our while to start war number four.
Yes, the Syrian regime is far worse than Mubarak was, or Kaddafi, for that matter. But that’s no reason to get involved in a fifth war under Grand Caliph Obama’s guidance.
Sorry, I meant to say War number Five, since we are also heavily involved in Yemen. (And that one makes more sense than any of the others at the moment.)