Although Syrian troops didn't necessarily rejoiced, they also didn't find it amusing when the U.S. backed out from a verbal tussle it very well started after it alleged the former of using chemical weapons during an attack in Damascus on Aug 21. Syrian troops mocked the U.S. as selfish because its intentions were never really for world peace.

"America only cares about the oil wells and Israel," an unidentified colonel in the Syrian security forces was quoted by the WSJ. "It realized these interests would be jeopardized, so it retreated."

Kadri Jamil, Syria's deputy prime minister, magnified Syria's seeming wolfish punts against the U.S., particularly against President Barack Obama, saying that "previous administrations never cared about public opinion, Congress or allies."

"This muddied political position has made a mockery of the U.S. administration all over the world," Mr Jamil told Lebanon-based news channel Al-Mayadeen.

Suffice to say, that the U.S. so bravely launched a verbal tirade against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad and his troops, not to mention further stoking the already fear-gripped people of the country, and then all of a sudden cautioned on its stand, with legs turning wobbly like Jell-O, it has made itself a laughing stock in the Middle East.

"There is concern that this will be seen in the region as the U.S. president hesitating to enforce his red lines and that will send the wrong messages to other regional powers," the WSJ quoted an unidentified Israeli official as saying on Israeli television.

Already, people in Damascus have turned sour against the supposed superpower the U.S. and its leader, Mr Obama.

"He who talks a lot doesn't act," a certain Souad was quoted by the AFP, adding the US leader was a "coward" when the delayed the military strike decision.

"Obama is a coward. He didn't strike because he knows that our President Bashar (al-Assad) is all-powerful," the employee of nationality electricity firm Ferdaws in the capital's northeast said.

Iran, Syria's ally, continued to caution the U.S. that it better be sure where it is putting its tongue because retaliation is very much imminent.

"The Americans cannot threaten the countries of the region and expect that their own interests will not be threatened," Allaeddine Boroujerdi, the Iranian parliament's foreign policy committee chief, told reporters in Damascus.

Despite the delay, Mr Obama stressed the U.S. and its troops are ready to strike anytime.

"The chairman of the joint chiefs has informed me that we are prepared to strike whenever we choose," he said. "Our capacity to execute this mission is not time-sensitive. It will be effective tomorrow or next week or one month from now."

But just how much of its troops are into this mission?

On Sunday, photos of U.S. troops in their uniform posted at Twitter their sentiments on getting involved in the Syria crisis brouhaha.

I didn't join US #navy to fight for #AlQaeda in a civil war in #Syria pic.twitter.com/nwGiwKvmgt

— MarkAHorne (@MarkAHorne) August 31, 2013

I didn't join the Marine Corps . . . pic.twitter.com/VOEz6l6PWv

— TXBorderChick (@TXBorderChick) September 1, 2013

I Didn´t Join The Army... @YourAnonNews @AnonyOps @AnonIRC @OpPinkPower @4thAnon @NDAA2012 @Way2Wonderland @Rougek67 pic.twitter.com/3fab8uWAHG

— Anonymous (@BruceWayneAnon) September 1, 2013

Obama says MY military! Think again. I didn't join to fight for al Qaeda! pic.twitter.com/IVEf7bUlV1

— Ron Getty (@MorteAiTiranni) September 1, 2013

''I did not join the military to get involved in other countries civil wars. Stay out of #Syria'' #NoWarWithSyria pic.twitter.com/ajr3cFqK10

— Tamara تمارا (@_Syriana_) September 1, 2013