A) Seems odd, Assad seems to be winning this prety handily by now, and Trump already slapped him around a little last year regarding stuff like this

B) on the flipside, the Russians *love* to test Presidents like this to see where they'll draw the line, so it also wouldn't be surprising if ol' Putey just went 'I think it great idea if you use gas naow))))))'

who the hell knows

Reportedly this was two weeks ago:

https://www.rt.com/news/421753-syria-ghouta-chemical-provocation/

But this is also Russia Today, what a coinkidink

Then again, thats from the russian propaganda channel

bing

credit where credit's due

it'd be a good play to tee up reports like this ahead of time

So the usual suspects can turn around and go 'SEE? THEY WERE PLANNING THIS AND WE ALREADY KNEW IT WAKE UP SHEEPLE!'

or they could've said it and done it themselves to bullshit

Russia most likely knows that people who *support* Trump would flip out if he brings the hammer down on this

Which would also be an excellent play

All I know is, we can't trust Putin

Consider the amount of militant shit Russia has done over the last 8-10 years

People appear to have completely forgotten about Georgia

Even the last gas attack was sketchy

And that's because noone ever responds militarily to anything they do

Abkhazia and South Ossetia don't exist I guess

So they'll just keep on prodding

Ukraine too

Because it would result in nuclear war

Its a hard game to play

Knowing that NATO countries (or at least their populace) are terrified that any military response would lead to a major war

rightly so

Even though the more likely outcome would be Russia backing off

I don't see anyone not being terrified with that

Because there are *m u l t i p l e* steps inbetween this and nuclear war

You know what happens when you put an animal into a corner?

Puty knows what he's doing

they fight back

The last thing we need, is someone putting Russia into a corner where they see themselves without any hope

He's not in a corner. at all. ironically enough he's doing a damn good job of putting other countries into a corner and then hamstringing the efforts of any larger country responding to it

anyhoo, see how this plays out over the next few days

Yeah, he is not

It makes sense to do it in Syria though

Keep it externalised

we need NATO to start doing serious Military Exercises in the Baltic Sates, and maybe Japan

What I'm saying is, no one should be putting him into a corner

Plus, I guess putin is the moderate one, there is a few warhawks in Russia too

Well, we need to do *SOMETHING* about it, what to do, I'm not sure, I'm not an expert on geopolitics,. Nor do I claim to be, and I'm not trying to Hogg about just saying do *SOMETHING*, but we can't continue to let the Russians walk over us like they are