Is Israel carrying our water in Syria???

Syria.  That's a problem WAAAAY above my paygrade.  I have no answers and only see problems.

I don't want boots on the ground, I blame the chaos we're seeing in the Middle East on US inaction to support Mubarak in Egypt and I don't want to see chemical weapons in Syria spreading to terrorist networks.

So I guess that would leave us with performing airstrikes.  But what happens if the current administration is "scared" to death of making that decision?

You hide behind the Israelis and let them do the heavy lifting.

Bayou Man makes the case here.  Definitely worth a read.