Can one really “retaliate” for a wrong done to someone else?
You can in MLB. If a pitcher sticks one of yours and he is pulled, pick the best player on their team and stick him in the ribs with 90+ mph. That said, I wonder why Syria wasn’t doing more chem attacks, seems like it is weird that they don’t.
Freegards
Assad violated the Chemical Weapons Convention.
And, yes. We can retaliate on behalf of a third party. Suppose he had attacked a hundred or so miles away—Israel.