Any realist knows there is no chance that the US by itself could stop the Syrian regime from doing what it wants to do except by an actual invasion. The US public will not accept an invasion.

What is planned, as I understand, is missile attacks from offshore.   This would show US disapproval of the Syrian regime's conduct.    It is only useful if it encourages Arab states in the area to do more to try to topple Assad.   It is possible that it might have this effect. But this is as far as the US can go alone.    And even this is not likely to be as neat as you might wish.   If innocent civilians are killed, 3 guesses on who gets blamed.


You can call such an attack "involvement" if you wish.   But it is marginal, to say the least.

I think it's important to live in the real world when you are discussing foreign policy--neither in the world of overheated leftist imagination nor in any other utopia where decisions are simple.

I understand some think the US could destroy Assad's air capacity.   Any evidence for this?