Presumably if and when the U.S. military attacks Syria they'll want backing from our closest ally, Great Britain. If that is the case, there won't be any bombing until next week, because reluctant British lawmakers now say they don't want to do act until U.N. inspectors complete their investigation into what happened in Syria that led to the deaths of hundreds of people because of a chemical weapons attack.
Meanwhile the Associated Press reports by the Office of the Director for National Intelligence outlining that evidence against Syria is "thick with caveats," hardly reassuring before we attack another Arab nation.
There is also this crucial paragraph in the story:
This article appears in Aug 29 – Sep 4, 2013.