You are right about something Jim!
I did mention Israel in the OP, asking why you Lefties only want to attack Israel and have nothing to say about worse criminals all around it.
Sure enough, you Lefties insist on bringing Israel into a discussion about Syria, even though it is not involved at all!

Now the lie.
You accuse me of "claiming that it would be wrong to actively protect the Syrian people because they cannot be trusted to replace Assad with someone as favourable to the West."

Completely untrue and made up.
I have never claimed such a thing, and neither has anyone else.
A lie.