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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
So it really was just meant to be a token; "Hey, don't do that" more than a vicious attack rendering it disabled.
I can accept that. Because as stupid as it is, Assad is fighting one of the same enemies the U.S. is and so it kind of makes them friend's of convenience. It's like they (the U.S.) are saying from that attack that they want to stay neutral, but don't make us look stupid in front of the world.
It makes political sense, but also shows how Trump exploited the situation for political gains. I doubt he cares about the gas attack on a personal level.
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It was pretty much the only option on the table, people that think that putting a military airbase out of business permanently without putting a lot of assets into play are fooling themselves
If the US wanted to take that airbase out permanently it would have been
A massive combined air force and navy strike with the use of long range bombers capable of carrying a lot of ordnance. The American's would have had to face the Syrian airforce backed up by Russian made advanced anti-aircraft defenses, and ground and likely airborne radar operated by Russians.
Also for that to happen properly and protect American lives they wouldn't have been able to inform the Russians which meant that Russian lives would have been lost.
Of they could have used nuclear armed cruise missiles.
This wasn't about taking the base out permanently, this was a warning.
Anyone who thinks that a flurry of cruise missiles is going to take out a military airbase for anything more then a few hours is ill informed.