Yes,that is the answer. It has nothing to do with Muslim extremists trying to take over the world by force.
Putin has a virtual monopoly on gas supply in Europe, Syria has a new gold mine of natural gas, and Assad is refusing our pipeline intrusion.
Obomb is signing off on exports for our LNG as rapidly as he can sign and the companies are worried they won't be able to keep up with the exports he is agreeing to.
There is probably no sarin in Syria, many in the medical field think it was chlorine. The first casualty of war is truth. Children being gassed is a better sell to the people than money and power from natural gas. Plus we're too stupid to get it that Putin's monopoly gives him way too much power, right? So why tell us the truth. Reagan warned Europe about this and tried to stop the monopoly....for now I am just settling in and expecting WW3.