Telegraph - Syria Live: Reports the following in its 7.35pm post, " In brief remarks at the White House Barack Obama said Assad's use of chemical weapons threatened US interests and endangered its allies such as Israel and Jordan. ".
Lets Get Real:
The worse nightmare that Obama has is being woken up one night and told Tehran has the bomb, this would force him to ACT, before Israel would take up the matter, the action in Syria while important is more about Iran, the Oval has made it clear over the years that a nuclear armed Iran is out of the question, the fact that Tehran is close to getting the bomb must keep the Oval up some nights. Thus an attack on Assad's Syria will send a clear message to Tehran, do not push either Israel or the US. One can almost postulate that the Oval has heard from Israel, that if the Oval doe not act how can Israel trust the word of the Oval. The problem for the Oval is that if it hits Assad to hard it could bring him down, and let in Al Qaeda, that would lead to US having to place troops in Syria to secure the WMD of Syria, on the other hand a slight hit on the nose might not make much of an impression and make Syria and Iran think they can go further, thus folks there are BAD AND WORSE options in Syria, well POTUS wanted the job.