cato wrote:
"Israel is the perfect candidate to carry out this intervention. Leave us out of it."
Agreed.
I've said that before in several previous posts on the subject.
No other nation possesses the same moral authority to strike against a nation (especially their direct neighbor) using "gas" on its citizens, than does Israel.
At the very least, turn Mossad loose on Assad.
Either (cough choke) "do something" about him, or scare him enough so that he flees into exile...