I’ve been called a “Putinista”. I don’t have access to the intelligence that our leaders have, but it doesn’t make sense to me that Assad would do that a few days after Trump indicated he wanted to get out of Syria as soon as possible.
I haven't even taken a position yet one way or the other as to whether a chemical attack took place, but I'm leaning toward the whole thing smells.
And it's brought out usual war-monger types that slither up through the floorboards at the idea of more troops and treasure wasted the MidEast.
Why wouldn't he if, with Russia's help, he thought he could get away with it and that Trump wouldn't do anything about it?
Yes, chemical weapons cause less damage to cities and are more effective at wiping one's enemies. That would be the reason Assad has used them more than 50 times.
“6I’ve been called a “Putinista”. I don’t have access to the intelligence that our leaders have, but it doesn’t make sense to me that Assad would do that a few days after Trump indicated he wanted to get out of Syria as soon as possible.”
On all these kinds of things there are back channel talks going on. My worst fear is that Trump is trying to demonstrate toughness against Russia to blunt accusations of collusion. I hope he and ,Putin have some kind of understanding.