The whole situation in Syria is quite obviously not how the Western(American mostly) media is trying to portray it, or they would have long since had an international force in the country.

The reluctance is solely due to the fact that they have no real proof that the atrocities are being committed by the Syrian government, in fact I think they have far more evidence that most atrocities are being committed by the "Free Syrian Army" which we all know is loaded with Israeli, American and European block operatives.