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People have to understand that Trump did what he did not because he cares about toddlers dying from poison gas. He has dramatically escalated the killing in ISIS held territory, hasn't he? The point is imperialist credibility. When Obama concluded a deal with Putin over Assad relinquishing his chemical weapons, the Pentagon and the State Department simply could not live with Sarin gas being used again so blatantly. Its use meant that the USA was just a paper tiger as Mao put it. I don't expect any kind of "regime change" strategy despite Trump and Tillerson's rhetoric especially in light of this reporting:
It turns out that President Donald Trump gave a heads up to the Russian government before launching his missile strike against Syria on Thursday night.
“Russian forces were notified in advance of the strike using the established deconfliction line,” said Pentagon spokesman Captain Jeff Davis in an official statement. “U.S. military planners took precautions to minimize risk to Russian or Syrian personnel located at the airfield.”
In response to the attack, Russia has announced that it will help Syria strengthen its air defenses. It also may have prepared Syrians for the attack by tipping them off, as eyewitnesses observed personnel and equipment being moved from the Shayrat airbase in advance of the attack.
full: http://www.salon.com/2017/04/07/donald-trump-whos-not-vladimir-putins-puppet-warned-russia-before-airstrikes-on-syria/
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