The prevalent feeling is that America is being 'curvballed' into another WMD adventure .... HOWEVER,

..., upon careful observation, one wonders, if the WH' eyedropper approach to Syria really hides the fact that the US concluded (especially in the last week or so) that the armed opposition to the Syrian government has been defeated, rendering any Western misadventure in Syria, useless! Sneaky, but astute!