It is obvious that the Douma "incident" was staged to force Trump to act against Assad, who had won the war and had no reason whatsoever to gas the very civilians he had just freed. But once again, President Trump has taken his real enemy's gambit off the table and can get back to business. I just wish we hadn't wasted all those precious Tomahawk missiles.
As for the Russians, I'm sure they knew what we were doing last night. The civil war in Syria has nothing to do with "human rights" and everything to do with a natural gas pipeline from the Persian Gulf to Europe - and Russia has a strategic interest in its outcome. Europe and our globalist Deep State wants Assad removed so they can build the pipeline and starve Russia of its largest export trade. This is a form of warfare and it is dangerous. Moscow knows it has a conventional military disadvantage and has spent the last decade building devastating new strategic weapons as the only counter it can afford. With US/NATO forces now on its borders, Russia has warned that if real shooting starts, its response will be total.
It's all about a pipeline.
It saddens me to think the USA is once again acting as SA's puppet, but if the pipeline story is true, then that's what we're doing.
Chlorine is easily made; there are literally thousands of places all over the world that do it. It has many uses, is commonly made and not regulated (not much, anyway). It is easily transported in sealed containers without any special handling. It is easily dispensed - by aircraft, artillery, or simply opening a valve on the ground. It is untraceable as to origin or how it was deployed.
Its effects on humans are unmistakeable and well known.
Agree. I think Travis McGee got it right on this one. Otherwise the UK and France would have sat on the sidelines.