I give Obama the benefit of the doubt because I think he's playing his cards in the only way possible to prevent war. I know it's a stretch to think of it in those terms but I'm afraid there's nothing else left.
What I refuse to do is buy into the obvious fact that the claims of Assad's regime gassing the Syrian people is fabricated for the purpose of war. That is not an option.
I should also have said that I don't believe Obama himself could be fooled by his own propagandists. That would be another possibility to look at but I refuse to accept that he's stupid enough to be fooled in that way. He's probably the most intelligent president your country has ever had. On that I base my decision to reject the US propaganda and prefer to think of Obama using some sort of reverse psychology tactic to stop the right's coming demands for war.