Assad has at least two clear reasons to use gas: to win, by further terrorizing his domestic opponents; and to provide himself and his friends in Russia, Turkey, Iran, China, and North Korea with a test of the mettle of the new administration. After eight years of Obama’s bluster and retreat, Trump has them baffled by his combination of military buildup and a strong but mercurial persona that can spin from good cop to bad cop and back in an afternoon.
“...fter eight years of Obama’s bluster and retreat, ...”
Obama was a p*ssy against anyone except our own people.
Trump means what he says.