Obama has stripped our military to bare bones PLUS the fact, we are not really sure just who the rebels are fighting Assad...we do know they are radicals, members of the Muslim brotherhood on both sides, probably mostly AL-Qaeda and other terrorists...we do know atrocities other than gassing is going on, on both sides, beheading, eviscerating and feeding parts to dogs or in at least one incident, a commander eating the organs himself....America and other civilized people do not need to come to the aid of this barbarian society, they don't want any help.
Frankly, if Putin wants to try his hand at managing the region, all I can say is “Good luck with all that.”