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The Secretary of Defense discussed the fact that there was no doubt as to the culpability of the Syrians in this attack. He said he had seen the inte.

At the time, they showed prima facie evidence of this attack by the Assad regime. You're now referring to additional details that have been released (declassified)—the polit communications.

At the very beginning, releasing that level of detail was absolutely unnecessary. Better to be prudent.

So "big mistake", my ass.

The Trump administration did precisely what was prudent at the time, including providing adequate evidence, and the only "big mistake" is the one the naysayers made when they jumped to conclusions and didn't trust this administration in the first place.

It's ridiculous to think the administration should have released every single intelligence detail right away—such as this one.

The hand-wringers are proven wrong again, and when they are, suddenly it's all about the "big mistake" the administration made by not releasing sensitive information immediately, and a "rift" that thereby resulted.

Bull. The only "rift" was created by the doubting Thomases who disregarded the initial evidence which was perfectly reasonable.

Next time, don't imply that the Secretary of Defense and the President are liars, and maybe there will be less of a "rift".

Or, alternately, maybe next time the administration should just dump all their intelligence immediately and throw caution to the wind...

The Secretary of Defense discussed the fact that there was no doubt as to the culpability of the Syrians in this attack. He said he had seen the inte.

At the time, they showed prima facie evidence of this attack by the Assad regime.

Prima facie evidence - A fact presumed to be true unless it is disproved.

Dispositive evidence - Information or evidence that unqualifiedly brings a conclusion to a controversy.

We should have seen dispositive evidence of a sarin attack. A soil analysis. Autopsy results. Survivors blood tests. Communications intercepts. We were left hanging for 4 days with nothing but evidence of a Syrian jet making an attack on Idlib. No proof of sarin being used. And several pieces of evidence pointing to the falsehood of the attack. Dead children with rosie red cheeks when sarin kills by suffocation. Emergency workers touching victims with their bare hands. If this had been handled better there never would have been the rift between President Trump and his supporters.

It's ridiculous to think the administration should have released every single intelligence detail right away

And there you go again putting words in my mouth that I did not say. I said we should have seen some evidence of a sarin gas attack from our side and not only from the jihadis.

Next time, don't imply that the Secretary of Defense and the President are liars,

I didn't imply that they were liars, I said that they failed to present sufficient proof of a sarin gas attack in the days following the retaliatory strike and that that caused the rift. Which it did.