U.S. officials today revealed that President Donald Trump was informed in advance that Israel was going to attack a Syrian airbase in a raid that killed 14 people.
The attack came just hours after Trump promised to respond to Putin and Assad over a chemical weapons attack that killed 40 people in Syria.
Russia called the strike on the T-4 military base in Homs province a 'very dangerous development'. Moscow said two Israeli F-15 fighters launched the attack while flying over neighbouring Lebanon, targeting the base with eight missiles - five of which were shot down.
Russia could easily respond by wiping-out most of Israel's population with a release of nerve agents, but I think Putin will want to be certain of the results before he orders the extermination of Israel.
Russia's limited use of nerve weapon attacks in Syria show these weapons are still undergoing trials leaving Putin cautious about using his arsenal of nerve agents in such a large-scale attack.
We've run out of other people's Social Security taxes needed to subsidize our low income tax rates.
