i understand why trudeau is not interested in picking a fight over syria, but he's wrong to take this approach. he has the benefit of an extra year's worth of briefings, but he truly doesn't understand the situation much better than trump does. and, the situation requires a multilateral approach.

the americans need pushback on this. they're just making things worse...

see, you need to understand that trump can't just wake up on a friday and bomb syria like this. syria is not iraq, and it's not libya, and it's not even iran. bombing syria is more like bombing a warsaw pact state. the one on the furthest reaches that never fit in right. armenia or something. or, conversely, it wouldn't quite be like russia bombing mexico, but it wouldn't be that different than russia bombing costa rica.

because the chain of command right now has the russians operating the syrian military as a client state, and the decisions ultimately coming down from moscow, trump basically just declared war on russia.

this war will likely not be contained in syria.

so, it's not just a moral thing. this is a foolish strategy.

these are not going to be contained or targeted strikes - and it's flatly delusional to suggest they are. this is a substantial escalation, and it will lead to chaos and war.