Fred Kaplan explains the jam we (and President Obama) are in with regard to Syria. I'm glad Fred understands this stuff 'cause I sure don't.
All I know is that in the years I've been around, every time we go out and start killing people in another country, a pretty convincing argument develops that it was a huge mistake…and the ones who wind up defending the military action are the ones who seem to have testosterone problems and will automatically defend any killing anywhere, regardless of reason or results. I'm thinking it might be easier to save time and just be against this war from the start.