West stays off Syria warpath despite worsening violence. No intervention.

[tabatha]

BRUSSELS — Despite the escalating violence in Syria, Western powers refuse to unleash a Libya-type operation against a regime backed by a much bigger army and powerful allies.

In Washington, Paris, London and NATO headquarters, leaders have sharpened their tone against President Bashar al-Assad but they have refrained from beating the war drums, favoring instead the path of sanctions and diplomacy.

“Let me stress, we have no intention whatsoever to intervene in Syria,” NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen repeated last week.

http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/247721/news/world/west-stays-off-syria-warpath-despite-worsening-violence?ref=latest

The use of the word intervention as I understood it.

[msongs]

1. sounds like the muslim world needs to rise up in outrage and do something...oh wait..never mind nt

[MadHound]

2. No oil, no intervention, same old story.

Of course, given our track record of countries we do intervene in, perhaps this non-intervention is a good thing in the long run.

[Bonobo]

3. Not all problems can be solved by having the US shoot missiles and drop bombs.

In fact, very fucking few can as you would know if you look at the history of US military actions.

Not a whole lot of success stories. Maybe batting around .100 or less. Probably way less.