Russian Federation outraged over U.S. missile strikes in Syria

In the biggest foreign policy decision of his presidency, Trump ordered the firing of cruise missiles at a Syrian air base that United States officials said was the launching point for a deadly chemical weapons attack against Syrian civilians this week. "I think we ought to ask them a question".

"It's very hard to understand how a political solution could result from the continuation of the Assad regime", McMaster said on "Fox News Sunday". For this was the moment the United States reaffirmed we will not tolerate violations of global norms nor evil acts condemned by the world.

The US has been conducting air strikes against Isil militants who control territory in eastern and northern Syria, and a small number of US troops are on the ground assisting anti-Isil militias. United States opinion will be read by both moderate and armed opposition. It has been blamed on Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime. "It is in our vital national security interest to prevent the spread and use of chemical weapons".

Donald Trump ordered the strikes on the Shayrat base, near the city of Homs, in response to a chemical attack on the rebel-held town of Khan Sheikhoun earlier this week.

In response, the US fired 59 Tomahawk missiles early Friday at a Syrian military air base American officials believe was used to carry out the attack, the Pentagon said. And Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said his country supported the United States resolve. More limited strikes, to punish different transgressions?

This made for a stark contrast to Farage, who urged Britain not to get involved in any further strikes. Syrian President Bashar Assad's horrific and illegal use of chemical weapons against civilians was not merely an affront to worldwide norms. "Too often, rash responses to horrific situations are about the conscience of the attacker rather than a clear-headed response to an very bad situation".

"God bless Trump, but the story does not end here", said Bayan al-Qalamumni, a former civil servant from the Damascus suburbs now living as a refugee in southern Turkey.

"We are prepared to do more", he said.

Populist leaders within the U.S. registered their disapproval as well.

"There is an opportunity to use this to leverage Russian Federation, to leverage the Assad regime, to move them in a better direction, to insist with Russian Federation that it needs to rein in Assad, to stop him from doing this going forward, to go back to the bargaining table and to try to move toward some settlement of the civil war which has been going on for far too long and taking so many lives", Blinken told As It Happens. Bernie Sanders. "If the last 15 years have shown anything, it's that such engagements are disastrous for American security, for the American economy and for the American people".

Republican Senator Rand Paul, a member of the foreign relations committee, called the Syria strikes illegal. He did not rule out additional strikes if Assad continued to engage in atrocities against rebel forces with either chemical or conventional weapons. Senator Tim Kaine supports military action against Assad, and supported Obama's proposal in 2013.

Some foreign policy experts also expressed dismay.

However, the United States could still go farther than a one-off strike without going as far as all-out war in Syria. He said the most ideal process would be a political solution that leads to a transitional government. "I guess Trump wasn't "Putin's puppet" after all, he was just another deep state/Neo-Con puppet".

"Yeah, let me tell you the difference", McConnell said.

"It's been fun lads, but the fun is over", he said in a post on Twitter.

"This is who Trump is".

Another effect of Trump's shift on Syria has been a strikingly tougher tone from his administration on Russian Federation.

In the hours leading up to the strike, Trump had to depend on the expertise of the intelligence community and military apparatus that he and his aides belittled throughout the campaign and since.