Both Iran and Russia issue a joint statement threatening military action in defense of Assad if Trump attacks again:
ABC NEWS – A statement released by “the joint command operation center of Syrian allies,” a group that includes Russia and Iran, warned the U.S. against further military actions in the war-torn country, following a missile strike on a Syrian air base last week.
Referring to its defense of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, the group warned that they would support Syria and its people “with all means that we have.”
“The United States crossed red lines by attacking Syria, from now on we will respond to anyone, including America if it attacks Syria and crosses the red lines,” the statement read. “America knows very well our ability and capabilities to respond well to them, [and] we will respond without taking into consideration any reaction and consequences.”
The statement did not include critical details like what kind of military operation would cross such a red line, or what kind of response would be made on the part of Syria and its allies, but noted that they would work to “liberate” Syria from occupation.
“Rest assured that we will liberate Syria from all kinds of occupying forces, it does not matter from where they came to the occupied part of Syria,” the statement warned. “Russia and Iran will not allow the United States to be the only superpower in world.”
I haven’t gotten the sense that Trump wants anymore aggression against Assad’s regime. It feels like it was confined to a strike about the use of chemical weapons and that’s the end of it.
Not that we fear Russia and Iran, but I think it’s good policy to end it there. Any more aggression would look like we are trying to depose Assad and I don’t think that’s a good idea at all.
Trump should really focus more on ISIS in that region that Assad and I expect he will do that.