Good solution is rather simple : wait for the results of the investigation, OPCW team(s?) should be in Ghouta tomorrow. This is not running away.
Going ahead with the strike will at the very least cost Trump a big chunk of his base.
Incidentally, how is Cruz doing today? I do not see him cheering for the strike. No, I do not mean he is sincere, now or ever, but he is so tactical.....
“Going ahead with the strike will at the very least cost Trump a big chunk of his base.”
Not really. The RonPaulists isolationists are only about 1% of GOP voters. They are just very loud activists. Their political value is extremely limited, at best.