I am old school with Syria.......The country has been run by the Assad family for decades, supported by the Russians, it been that way since at least the 1960s......our response was to always , along with our allies , keep Israel strong. But.........the war on ISIS has required the US to get directly involved. I am all for pulling out, and for discouraging in any way we can, including military strikes, the use of chemical weapons by the Assad regime. The use of Chemical / Biological weapons by any country is just as alarming as it would be for a country to use Nuclear weapons and needs to be dealt with. On the same token, we need to make sure, that we don't directly involve the Russians. We did a great job last night of making 100% sure the Russians knew we were not targeting any area where they deployed assets and personnel. Had we not warned the Russians in advance last night could have been very messy, instead all the Russians did was track our incoming weapons and left the Syrians to deal with them.......intentional war is bad enough, but accidental war is much worse. Last night, although not a overly large strike was brilliantly coordinated and executed and was a good first step IMO, but, we need to keep the pressure on, while reassuring Russia that they are not our objective.
