Almost certainly these strikes are carrier-based. There is no airfield immediately available for launch, or at least, not one that would not be routed over what must be considered “hostile” airspace now.
Now perhaps the Current Occupant can see how these things slip into a much broader engagement, and he might, MIGHT, have a little understanding how Presidents before him have been drawn into “mission creep”.
He’s busy trying to figure out how he can parlay this into fundamentally transforming America. “How can I use this to get revenge on White America?” That’s all he thinks about beside enriching himself.