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Or it could be a message to Assad to stop using nerve gas. Just a wild guess.
by jaboutboul 10y ago
Or it could be a message to Assad to stop using nerve gas. Just a wild guess.
- seiferteric 10y agoOr it could be political cover for trump to "show" he is not a Russian puppet.
- JumpCrisscross 10y agoUnlikely. This was ordered by McMasters. He wouldn't strike to cover for Trump. This is on the geopolitical board.
- wsc981 10y agoOr it could be a message to Assad to stop using nerve gas. Just a wild guess. It would have made absolute zero sense for Assad to use nerve gas. Because the Assad/Russian coalition was already winning and Trump previously stated that it would be up to the Syrian people to choose their leader, i.e.: no more neo-con regime change. I also believe there is no concrete prove yet that Assad is really behind the nerve gas. And I would be very septic about any proof from the USA (it would need to be really really substantial), because let's admit it: the proof of the weapons of mass destruction in Iraq in the end proved to be false. Both the USA as well as other forces (the so-called white helmets that have a very questionable track record, Turkey, perhaps even Israel) in the region seem to be very interested in removing Assad, no matter the costs.
- JumpCrisscross 10y agoWe have no security imperative around the use of chemical weapons in the Middle East. Remember, Assad is fighting ISIL. The salvo shows various states the United States is willing to act unilaterally. Knocking out some MiGs is a cherry on top.