“You do know that there are hundreds of US Forces already in Syria, right? Have Freepers gone completely mad?”
So attacking the Russian allied Assad forces will make them safer? Much more likely to put them at risk....
You think Mad Dog Mattis didn’t think of that?
More likely it will impress Putin.
It’s lame being a former KGB officer -turned-leader when your arch enemies consist of a guy is widely perceived to be a Maoist gay dopehead- in power only because his country was too guilt ridden to turn down a black guy with no qualificaations other than being known for a shady real estate deal with a Syrian and an Iraqi billionaire who was one of Saddam Hussein’s henchmen .... and an aging old cackling hen in a crusty pantsuit unable to walk a straight line even when guided by the hand too cowardly to even make a concession speech much less get tough on her country’s enemies.
With Trump, Putin finally has a male arch enemy with whom it will actually be easier and less humiliating to have to concede to.