vsr: Trump is a liar. Attacked Russia's military ally. Freaking Jesuit.
catpower1980: And that's why you can't never trust Americans in international matters. The news has just broken up here in West-Europe so I'll see along the day on various forums how the die-hard fans of Trump will justify this.
Errr what?!? I am not a die hard Trump fan (I liked Obama better), but by the reports US attacked the airfield/site because the recent chemical attacks originated from there.
US even had the courtesy of warning the Russian troops about the attack, and pinpoint it to where there aren't supposed to be Russian troops at all. I'm sure Russians also warned their buddy Syrians about the attack, so in the end (if I read right) there were only 4 Syrian casualties, but the airfield/site got major structural damage.
If anything, for now I see as one of the better decisions Trump has made. It has become clear that Al-Assad and Putin understand and respect only power, not negotiations.
Of course, the mass media here (who is generally quite anti-Trump) tries its best to find the negatives in this, like that this was unexpected (because Trump is supposed to be close friends with Putin), so Trump is erratic and dangerous. I am pretty sure the same media would have complained even more if Trump hadn't ordered such a strike, and would have complained nothing if Obama or Hillary had been in power when the strike was ordered.
Now, I admit it is also a risky move, like the 0.0000001% chance that this would escalate to WWIII and we all die. But I still feel this was a better move than just sending a negative letter to Al-Assad and Putin, telling them please stop killing people with chemical weapons. That is more what I'd expect from wussy-pussy EU leaders, or Angela Merkele-Perkele.
Many people still haven't learned anything from this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIPSvIz9NDs