strategically it was probably a good idea to do this while the chinese leader was in town discussing that rouge nation N Korea. trump needs to show he has the sack to use force. its some kind of right of passage for any modern world leader.
this is NOT why i voted for the guy. I do not support this, and honestly thought he'd have more restraint. Sure the images of the kids getting gassed is horrible, but ffs find out who did it first, and definitely go to congress before starting a new war.
also, i think russia had already signaled they would look the other way.
this is a distraction. from something, the whole thing seems orchestrated.