INTERVIEW – CAL THOMAS – Syndicated Columnist – discussed what the Trump Administration should do in Syria after the latest chemical attack by Syrian dictator Bashar al Assad and commented on the Mueller raid of Trump’s personal attorney Michael Cohen’s office

• Syria ‘chemical attack’: Russia warns US against military action. (BBC) — Russia has urged the US to avoid taking military action in response to an alleged chemical attack in Syria. “I would once again beseech you to refrain from the plans that you’re currently developing,” Moscow’s UN envoy Vasily Nebenzia said on Tuesday. He warned Washington that it will “bear responsibility” for any “illegal military adventure” it carries out. But Western leaders say they have agreed to work together to target those responsible for the attack in Douma. French President Emmanuel Macron said any strikes would target Syrian government chemical facilities. US President Donald Trump has promised a “forceful” response, and he and his Defence Secretary, James Mattis, have cancelled travel plans this week.
• 6 REASONS NOT TO LEAVE SYRIA (Fox News) — The isolationist spirit — a reluctance to become involved in foreign entanglements — goes back in U.S. history to Thomas Paine and his 1776 pamphlet “Common Sense” and to George Washington’s 1796 Farewell Address. In modern times, the isolationist spirit had a strong pull against U.S. involvement in WWI and WWII, but was eventually overcome, however reluctantly, by catastrophic events. Whether he realizes it, or not, President Trump tapped into that spirit when he instructed military commanders to wrap up America’s role in Syria and to bring the troops home within months. One can almost hear the echo of Sen. George McGovern, D-S.D., who said in reference to the U.S presence in Vietnam, “Come home, America.” Osama bin Laden bet on America’s impatience with protracted wars in devising his terrorism strategy, but if one side is “in it to win it” and the other establishes a timetable, as President Obama did in Iraq, it isn’t difficult to predict which side will be victorious. Writing in the Washington Free Beacon, Aaron Kliegman lists five reasons why the U.S. should not leave Syria. President Trump should read and heed them.