re: What's the point of this attack on Syrian Airfield?

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So the US basically comes out in support of Assad which was a huge policy shift. Then Assad goes and uses chemical weapons right after to provoke the US. Makes zero sense.

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Correct, sort of.

The US came out and DID say "removing Assad is not a priority of ours" which apparently led Assad to believe he had the green light to use chemical weapons on his own people. We told him yesterday that we weren't having any of that.

If you seriously find yourself having a problem with us launching tomohawk missiles at an airfield because of the use of chemical weapons, you are probably a partisan pile of shite, who only objects to it because TRUUUUUUUUUUUUMP.