From the Guardian, here: The taboo on chemical weapons has lasted a century – it must be preserved. Excerpt: We've come a long way since 1675, when poisoned bullets employed in battle were outlawed. And against a civilian population, those who administer the gas should be found before an International Court of Criminal Law. Which is where Bachir Assad belongs. My Point: *Syria is a religious war amongst various factions of Islam. (Shiites against Sunnites.) Russia is there because it's only functional naval outlet to the Mediterranean Sea is in Tartus - the hometown of Syria's present government (and son of its founder). *This is a family affair and the muslims should be settling it amongst themselves. There is always a bipartisan court of law run by Muslim judges (but overseen by Europeans) that could bring Assad (and his henchmen) to court.
Slow but certain death by chemicals is no worse than slow but certain death by any other means of warfare. This is all a load of crap to demonize Assad: Syria hasn't got any effing chemical weapons - they were confiscated and removed from the country 4 years ago by member countries of the UN.
If that is true we and any allies we can find the French and the UK would likely join us and invade Syria and bring stability once we eliminate the current regime and place a occupational government in place, use enough forces to make sure the Russians decide withdrawing might be the more sensible course. We could include them in the aftermath in helping form the new government and make sure their rights to the port stay in place if they do so, perhaps we can ask them to even take Assad and his leaders out of the country to Russia and get asylum there. I don't care to nitpick once the war criminals are gone if it will make the process of stabilization easier getting rid of them peacefully and if not just kill them. We might need to split the nation into two or more nations along religious lines however if needed. With no chemical weapons what would prevent it that is the only real threat that he might counter an invasion using them if your true and he has none, its good, it unties our hands.
Aint gonna happin. The fundamental respect for international law forbids that any one country invade another regardless of the situation. (The Muslim countries of the Middle-east all have the same problem: Religion translates directly into Political Control of the population.) The Russians made a colossal mistake in reelecting Putin. (They wish to remain a politically-naive people.) So, there is no solution for Syria for another five years for as long as he is in office ...
"The destruction of Syria's chemical weapons began on 14 September 2013 after Syria entered into several international agreements which called for the elimination of Syria's chemical weapon stockpiles and set a destruction deadline of 30 June 2014" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destruction_of_Syria's_chemical_weapons