Thread by @Uncle_Jimbo

.@realDonaldTrump must consider how to respond to the latest chemical weapons attack in #Syria

It must be devastating as both #Assad and #Putin have now acted as if US warnings mean nothing

theatlantic.com/international/…

The meeting in Turkey between #Putin, #Erdogan & #Rouhani was a bad thing

They were planning how to carve up #Syria among other things
I think they read too much into the #Trump statement about leaving Syria

He didn't say "So do whatever you want"

In fact if they wanted to make sure we wouldn't leave soon
Or leave the field to them
A chemical attack was about the best way to do that

It seems way too much like a test of @realDonaldTrump & @AmbJohnBolton
That's unwise

So what should the US do?

See below

What should we hit?

In 1986 after a terror attack that killed US troops President Reagan ordered strikes against multiple Libyan facilities. The strikes targeted Qaddafi personally and he barely escaped.

@realDonaldTrump should swap the names and give this exact same speech

The short term question is:
What Syrian assets turn into smoking rubble over the chemical attack?

TBD

The mid term question is:
How do we get to a smart end game in #Syria?
That answer is here

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