The US strikes Syria: AEI scholars weigh in

"On Thursday evening, US Tomahawk missiles struck Shayrat Airfield in Homs province, Syria, in response to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s brutal chemical weapons attack days before that killed 82 civilians including children and infants.
In his address last night to the nation, President Trump stated, “It is in this vital national security interest of the United States to prevent and deter the spread and use of deadly chemical weapons” and continued, “Tonight I call on all civilized nations in seeking to end the slaughter and bloodshed in Syria and also to end terrorism of all kinds and all types.”
AEI experts respond to the President’s actions and their implications for the conflict in Syria as well as US foreign relations in the region:..."

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