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Assad almost certainly did not launch a poison gas Trump still did the right thing attacking the Syrian airfield.

Trump used the purported Syrian gas attack and the world wide PR campaign to force Trump to take action against Syria and sued the PR pressure group to used to mobilize world opinion for an attack against Syria against them.

In doing so - Trump sent his own message.

First off, Trump sent a message to a lot of people in North Korea, Iraq, Turkey, China, Iran, Russia, Afghanistan and a multitude of places that desperately needed to get the message bad behavior produces consequences swiftly and in a big and bad way .

China was a sent a loud and clear message not to f**k with the United States.

The message was sent cheaply and with little downside risk to America as there is little risk of the Syrian missile attack spinning out of control or moving out of Syria.

For their parts, Russia, Syria and Iran just got a big and badly needed attitude adjustment

Last week, Trump took a big risk to reverse American policy when he offered Assad peace and Russia normalized status if they both would work with the United States to bring down Iran in the region.

Russia and Syria rebuffed Trumps overture

Russia is obviously helping arm Iran and helping them to acquire a nuclear weapons and ballistic missile capability.

Both Assad and Putin are facilitating Iranian hegemony in Iraq and rest of the the region.Iranian Revolutionary Guards are propping up Assad and using Syria as a safe haven and staging ground for operations in Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and especially in Lebanon as it takes over the and militarizes the border with missiles and heavy weapons for use against Israel, as well as Iranian infiltration
in the Gaza.

Both Assad and Putin were not very receptive to Trumps overture of leaving Assad in peace in Syria and normalizing Russian relations in exchange for throwing Iran under the bus.

Iran's propping up of Assad does not come for free and much of the price is Syrian aggression against Israel and allowing Iran to use Syria to base of operation for attacks on Israel, both with Syrian, Russian, Iranian Revolutionary Guard and Hezbollah assets.

As the ISIS threat winds down, Iran and Syria have been involved in a major arms build up (especially missiles and anti tank weapons) and weapons deployment in Syria and Lebanon with an ultimate goal of using the weapons to attack Israel.

For it's part, Syria has been engaging with an unusual and alarming amount of saber rattling and demonization against Israel in Syrian media.

This arms buildup and increasing aggressive posture by Syria/Iran has Israel very worried and Israel has actually been taking the risks of carrying out air strikes and raids on the areas in Syria where the Iranian military build up is taking place.

At the same time , Russia is upgrading the Syrian air defense capability with it's newest and most dangerous surface to air missile systems and networks.

In one fell swoop, Trump just sent a very blunt message to potential adversaries around the world to knock off their Obama era BS and straighten up and clean up their collective acts

For Assad and Putin part, I'm sure Trumps generous offer to Syria and Russia will look a whole lot more attractive to them in light of new realities after the cruise missile attacks.

Both Putin and Assad may reconsider their involvement with Iran in light of these new realities on the ground.

Now that Trump has Assad and Putin's attention, Sec of State Tillerson’s negotiations to marginalize Iran and North Korea may proceed in a smoother and more expedited fashion.

Questions about Trumps sympathy and potential for favorable treatment for Russia are now pretty much put to rest.

Trumps cruise missiles were no doubt targeting some of the weapons Syria and Iran were stockpiling for use against Israel, perhaps using intel and coordinates provided by Israel at last weeks meeting with the American Delegation to Israel

This will have the beneficial effect of thinning out the Iranian weapons build up in Syria intended to attack Israel at a time when world public opinion is virtually demanding that Trump punish Assad for the purported gas attack.

The rest of the world is fully aware that the gas attack was not done by Assad, but they are even more aware that Trump is unpredictable and ruthless enough to use a fake story about Assad's WMD attack as cover to inflict some pain to get the attention of incorrigible members of the axis of evil.

Seems Trump killed about a dozen birds with about 50 stones.

Not a bad days work for President Trump, and one full of win.

PING!!!!

Article and comments, esp, particularly #75

Excerpt:
Trump used the purported Syrian gas attack and the world wide PR campaign to force Trump to take action against Syria and sued the PR pressure group to used to mobilize world opinion for an attack against Syria against them.

In doing so - Trump sent his own message.

-The message was to Iran, Syria, Russia, North Korea, Afghanistan...and others....

-Now that Trump has Assad and Putin’s attention, Sec of State Tillerson’s negotiations to marginalize Iran and North Korea may proceed in a smoother and more expedited fashion.

-Questions about Trumps sympathy and potential for favorable treatment for Russia are now pretty much put to rest.

-The rest of the world is fully aware that the gas attack was not done by Assad, but they are even more aware that Trump is unpredictable and ruthless enough to use a fake story about Assad’s WMD attack as cover to inflict some pain to get the attention of incorrigible members of the axis of evil.

Thanks, rdcbn