Missile Strikes Are Not a Syria Strategy
It bears emphasizing that the recent US, British, and French missile strikes were not designed to undermine Bashar al-Assad's regime. Thanks in large part to Russian and Iranian support, Assad is firmly in control and will likely remain so for the foreseeable future.
NEW YORK – “A perfectly executed strike…Could not have had a better result. Mission Accomplished.” So tweeted US President Donald Trump just hours after more than a hundred American, French, and British cruise missiles hit three sites in Syria believed to be associated with chemical weapons production.