Did I just stop by DU and find people PUSHING for war against Syria?

[mwooldri]

45. America - "The Worlds' Policeman".

I hear reports in the media from various "people on the ground" in Syria who are lambasting the United States for talking about "red lines" and when those "red lines" appear to have been possibly crossed, the United States appears to do nothing.

I guess the United States is "damned if they do, damned if they don't". Seriously, what can the USA do on its own?

What can any non mid-east power do in Syria to stop the bloodshed? Not a single permanent Security Council member have the ability to swoop in and keep the peace. Especially in Syria where Russia appears to want to back the incumbent regime all the way and oppose any strongly worded UN proposed measure by the Western Powers. I think the PRC (China) are joining in with Russia because I think they see the screw-ups that America had in the Naughties with Iraq & Afghanistan and don't want to see that happen again.

IMO the best way to stop the bloodshed is to swoop into Syria with a very diverse UN peacekeeping mission involving US, Russia, PRC, other key border countries (Israel, Turkey, Iran), with input from other nations as well. The likelihood of this ever happening I believe is around zero to never. I believe if the USA gets involved directly, unilaterally going in with a "no fly zone" is risky at best.

Maybe the phrase uttered by the British in the 20th Century - "America! Shows up late for every war!" applies here too? I really don't know. Speculation on my part - if the USA goes in and Russia goes in against the USA in Syria then I think Mr Putin will have possibly achieved the goal of re-igniting a new "cold war".