Originally Posted By: Danito
As far as I can see, this would be an illegal war of aggression.


Probably. The difference being that the Iraq war was justified by the fiction that Saddam had WMD, and here Assad does have WMD, and is using them.
Besides, illegal wars of aggression have never stopped us before. Take, Panama, Dominican Republic, El Salvador Chile, Guatemala, Viet Nam, Grenada, Iraq...

"Io sono stanco, sono imbigliato, and I wan't everyone here to know, there ain't gonna be no trouble from me..Don Corleone..Cicc' a port!"

"I stood in the courtroom like a fool."

"I am Constanza: Lord of the idiots."