(CNN) -- The recent, deadly chemical attack carried out, the administration says, by the Assad regime may finally prompt the U.S. military to help the Syrian people. But serious questions remain about our nation's moral standing in the world and the state of our national conscience. No matter how we act going forward, we are still left with the fact that we failed to intervene while more than 100,000 innocent Syrians were killed. One more genocide has come to pass. Does America have moral obligation to help those in need? As the world's most powerful nation, are we obliged to protect the innocent from slaughter? What example do we want to set for others, including future generations?
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Jeff Greene: With over 100,000 Syrians killed, another genocide has come to pass
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Greene: America has a moral obligation to help those who are being slaughtered
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He says we may not want role of the world's policeman, but at times we have no choice
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Greene: In this season of Rosh Hashanah, let's lend a helping hand to people in Syria
The values I acquired growing up as an @placeholder in the 20th century America called for standing up to the kinds of crimes Assad has perpetrated for nearly eighteen months.