Syria-ness Business

It is exhausting to watch as the Assad regime taunts the Obama administration. A year ago last week Obama eloquently stated in an address that, "we have been very clear to the Assad regime... That a red line for us is if we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around or being utilized." Secretary of State John Kerry continued, confirming that the CIA alongside other American intelligence agencies have assessed with "high confidence" that the Assad administration are using chemical weapons against its own people. But considering the recent revelations involving the NSA, how high is American confidence in these assessments?

It seems we have backed ourself into another war. If America intervenes, we risk lives. But if not, credibility. The Obama administration is faced with the difficulty of determining which is more important. 

After having spoke with friends and family, it is clear that the American psyche is weary in the aftermath of the Iraq-Afghanistan war. It is strange to find myself siding with Syria's allies in oppression, knowing that Russia and China will follow through and veto the movement for military action on the UN Security Council, even though it will be for all the wrong reasons. 

I refuse to believe that military intervention is the only option. I am unsure why the West thinks it is our duty to "spread good" in the world, when what we need to be doing is focusing on our own issues and working to solve them before involving ourselves in controversial international affairs.
Are we even a force for good anymore? With claims that if the West intervene militarily, it will result in the Middle East will hating us even more? The Taliban bombed an American base in Afghanistan just yesterday, and there are more threats that terrorism will flourish. 

Obama believes this is the only way, the right way. Time will tell, and so will congress.