Well, I thought the same thing about Jane Fonda in Hanoi. But what do I know? I thought we were in a war.
We weren't in a war there...unless you were wearing a uniform, and were one of the guys who bled. i believe that Vietnam was called a 'police action' (a nice term to use when you don't want to call something a war).
We aren't in any sort of conflict with Syria. American Soldiers aren't dying there. Last time we were in a conflict involving Syria, it was a nominal allie (Desert Shield/Storm). Haffez Assad and Saddaam hated each other bitterly...funny, they were both Baathists.