No. I've seen the recent videos. Sarin gas attacks on civilians. It needs a response.

[KoKo]

62. Putin said at the G-20 he wanted to wait for UN Inspectors... We need the

UN to be strengthened. Obama at the Press Conference from G-20 yesterday seemed to downplay any effort to engage the UN. He said they take too long with their "resolutions" and that the gassing needed to have action. I posted the transcript here on DU...and I'm paraphrasing...but, I thought it odd that he seemed to have so little regard for the UN.

Syria would seem to be ideal situation for UN involvement because of the Refugee crisis (worsening because just last week Syria thought they would be under bomb attack) and so these people don't know what's going on...but, living under threat of attack doesn't help their mind set. The stress on families and children having to flee country and their jobs has got to be overwhelming and not good for the other countries they are fleeing into who have little resources themselves.

It's a humanitarian crises which the UN was supposed to be able to intervene in with Peace Keeping Troops and in this case Weapons Inspectors. It might at least destabilize the situation so that a Geneva 2 conference could be called with Syria, Iran, Russia and US plus the Arab League to come together an work out a solution. UN Peacekeepers could give them time to do it.

I'm probably being too optimistic that this could work ...but, it seems like it's worth a try to avoid an eventual destabilizing of the whole region with USA involved in military actions for years.