A week ago Nikki Haley said the following: ""Do we think he's a hindrance? Yes. Are we going to sit there and focus on getting him out? No," she said. "What we are going to focus on is putting the pressure in there so that we can start to make a change in Syria.""
This very diplomatic language from Ms. Haley suggested that (1) U.S. policy remained anti-Assad, and (2) we would take action to help convince the Syrians to oust Assad themselves.
$60 million in cruise missiles to bust up a few planes and aircraft hangars. Before we see any hard evidence of Assad’s involvement, and when the opposition has a clear motive for a bait and switch. If Trump has smoking gun intelligence to support this attack he should share it, otherwise he’s marching down the same path as Clinton, Bush and Obama. Reagan’s admonition to “trust but verify” applies equally when making agreements with opponents or relying on information from organizations (UN) and “rebel” groups that do not have the best interests of the United States at heart.