Your pretty naïve if you think that is how it works, what is interesting is sending back the Cal Vinson to the region and China not getting pissed, and now with this, I suspect a deal was reach Florida over the weekend. Also China didn’t seem to join Iran & Russia in denouncing the action the US took this weekend.
Yup
The Tomahawks clinched the deal by letting China, and the world, know that Trump means business.