And yet....Assad has given up his chemical weapon stockpiles and without one US troop setting foot in Syria. Perhaps you are disappointed that no American blood was shed in that endeavor?
Did you know the US has been destroying Assad's chemical weapons at sea?
"....The United States will destroy the highest-priority chemicals,[80] which were scheduled for removal from Syria by 31 December,[80] on board the MV Cape Ray in international waters of the Mediterranean,[51] using an U.S. Army Field Deployable Hydrolysis System.[81] The United Kingdom will give the United States specialist equipment and training to enable the highest-priority chemicals to be processed more quickly.[82] In addition around 150 tonnes of priority two chemicals, toxic material similar to industrial chemical agents, will be transported to the UK with the help of the British Royal Navy and destroyed there. The remaining stock of priority two chemicals not going to Britain will be destroyed by commercial companies.[83]
The first shipment of components for chemical weapons were removed from Syria by a Norwegian/Danish[84][85] flotilla on 7 January 2014.[86] The 31 December deadline for complete removal of priority chemicals had been missed; on 7 January, the New York Times assessed the delay was due to the difficulty of overland transport of chemical weapons in the middle of a civil war.[87] A second shipment was removed around 27 January; that same day, the U.N. Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, expressed concern over the worsening delays and assessed that Syria already has the resources required to transport the weapons promptly despite the ongoing civil war.[88]
On 2 July, the Danish ship - Ark Futura arrived in the Italian port of Gioia Tauro, carrying the chemical weapons, which were then loaded onto the U.S. ship Cape Ray. The Cape Ray was equipped with two Field Deployable Hydrolysis Systems capable of neutralizing the poisonous substances and converting them into industrial waste.[89] On 19 July 2014, around 250 protesters gathered at the Souda base to protest the elimination of the chemical weapons in the nearby region of the Mediterranean Sea.[90]
Destruction of Syria's chemical weapons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
So where's the red line now, eh?