    The lack of public endorsement from Arab governments, even
from Saudi Arabia and other countries that have helped arm,
train and fund rebels fighting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad
leaves the West with little political cover regionally should
any Western-led attack go badly.  Arab League delegates on
Tuesday urged the United Nations Security Council, rather than
the West, to take "deterrent" action against Syria to prevent a
repeat of alleged chemical attacks on Aug. 21 in the suburbs of
Damascus. In Cairo, Egypt Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy appeared
to side against intervention, saying on Tuesday, "The solution
for Syria must be diplomatic, not militaristic."  While senior
Saudi officials have been urging the U.S. and others behind the
scenes to support tougher action in Syria, Arab leaders for more
than a year have publicly maintained that any international
military action there should be sanctioned by the U.N. Security
Council, where Russia and China have blocked action.  In an
atmosphere poisoned by