The US Doesn't Have Any Good Military Options In Syria

There is evidence that troops loyal to Syrian Bashar al-Assad have used chemical weapons, and U.S. lawmakers are urging President Obama to respond. It's not that simple. The military options range from one-off missile strikes on infrastructure linked to chemical weapons, to carving out no-fly zones, and even as far as putting 20,000 U.S. troops in Jordan for a ground invasion. All carry risks. Invasion has it's obvious drawbacks (which the U.S. learned in Iraq), and establishing a humanitarian a...