Five big risks after Syria strike
By Nick Paton Walsh, CNN
Updated 7:15 AM ET, Fri April 7, 2017
... A big risk here is overreach: that the US, UK, France, Turkey (all experiencing deep domestic political turmoil) and allies believe a moment has appeared in which this sore on the global conscience can be finally fixed, making them all feel better. It can't. 59 Tomahawks won't change much ...
Assad has been under an effective siege for five years, so the same poor decision making that allegedly led -- according to the US and others -- to the chemical weapons strike in Idlib, may lead to other bad judgments ...
It may not be military action, and may not be in Syria, but Putin is a master of turning a completely different screw on his opponent. Think about Libya, or Ukraine ...
The world's self-declared moral authority strikes once, and Assad's regime loses an airfield. For the regime, it could be viewed as an acceptable outcome ...
http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/07/opinions/trump-syria-five-risks/
