Syrian War

[Warren Dew]

(04-15-2017, 10:40 AM)Eric the Green Wrote: Now we have a new group in charge in the USA. Trump was not keen on starting a US war against Syria. But he did like to show that he was tough where Obama had been weak.

Yes.  And, with respect to Syria, there's little risk of starting a war.  The message to Assad was just to cut out use of "WMD" - chemical weapons - not to stop his conventional attacks.

But Syria was not the primary audience for the attacks.  North Korea and China were.  The primary message of our retaliation on the air base was for nuclear proliferators, in particular Kim Jong Un, to cut it out.

We'll see how that goes.  The US is positioning for possible selective strikes on North Korea, and China seems to be positioned for "protective" invasion if necessary.  Kim Jong Un does not seem the type to back down easily, though.