Syria is still burning; why is US on sidelines:

How can the US stay on the sidelines while the situation in Syria is deteriorating?

While Libya does have a great deal more oil than does Syria, the Syrian population, and movement towards freedom is led by the intelligentsia and a reasonably educated population, while Libia is a tribal nation with no unifying voice, except perhaps, Sharia law.

Why is the United States standing on the Syrian sidelines, when a democratic Syria could be the key to Mid East peace?