Syrian war is everybody's problem

http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/28/opinion/ghitis-syria/index.html?hpt=op_mid

Throughout the article the author, Frida Ghitis, argues that Democratic nations need to drop their reservations and aid the moderate Syrian opposition in order to prevent more death, destruction, and displacement in Syria. Ghitis recognizes the reasons the United States and its allies are unwilling to get involved: "It's not our problem. We're not the world's policeman. We would only make it worse.". She also  refers to the disorganization and questionable beliefs of the Syrian rebel opposition, which is filled with extremists and moderates alike. She uses pathos as she cites the death of 50 innocents " 36 of them children [who] died in a missile attack last week."  and various other attacks on civilians, but her argument is mainly comprised of logos. Ghitis cites the inner turmoil that will occur without Western intervention. She says that at least "90,000" deaths have happened since the start of the war and that if these deaths continue the oppressive, unethical Syrian government will win because of their better resources and weapons, leaving the country even more fragmented and repressive than before. She  writes that the longer the war goes on, the moderate opposition is being overshadowed by the dangerous, anti-western, ultra-devout extremists. She also argues that the United States and it's European allies should intervene because of the negative effect the Syrian war is having on surrounding countries. Jordan" is struggling with a flood of refugees, as many as 10,000 each week since the start of the year", Turkey is burdened with hundreds of thousands of refugees a week as well, Israel is unwilling being brought into the conflict, and Lebanon is dangerously close to the Syrian war spilling into its borders. Ghitis declares that the only good outcome of the war will come if the modernists win, but only vaguely addresses how the United States should differentiate between the modernist opposition and the extremist opposition when they provide "training, funding, careful arming and strong political and diplomatic backing".  Although Ghitis makes a good argument for why the United States and Allies should become involved in the Syrian war, she never fully addresses how they should go about it, instead choosing to stay on idealistic topics like the need for universal human rights, peace, and democracy, etc. With no solution to the problem at hand, her argument just states what is already obvious, leaving us with only talk rather than a needed plan for action.