I share the idea that we shouldn’t get sucked into the internal affairs of other countries. I too like that candidate Trump said he had no beef with Putin or Assad. Then, they went and used chemical weapons. This was a deliberate provocation on their part. If Trump blinked on this, those guys would have done something else. First down in Crimea, Ukraine to go. At some point, they’d be in the red zone. Russia has threatened Europe with nuclear bombs. Trump is absolutely right to tell the Euroweenies that they’ve got to man up. We’ll see how that goes. But, right now, Trump has the Sunni Arabs and Israelis thinking they have an ally that they can depend on. The world is a lot safer with strong leadership in the U.S., that stays out of other countries’ internal affairs but will defend our borders and those of all allies. I realize the multi-way civil wars of the Middle East make the application of this principle difficult. And let’s pass Trump’s budget and rebuild our military.
First, who's they? Both sides of their civil war have chemical weapons and the opponents of Assad have seemed far more sanguine with using them than Assad has.
Having said that, if you look at my comment, "sending a message" is definitely one thing. The beginning of a pattern is another thing altogether.
I want to see what he (@POTUS) does next.