Anyone else find it suspicious that there is another reported gas attack in Syria immediately after Trump talks of leaving?

Yes. I think it seems like part of an at-least-partly orchestrated conflict.

I wonder if Trump will get to order another $100 million of Raytheon ( ka-ching! ) cruise missiles at a conveniently evacuated facility in Syria and be called “presidential” for it by all the corporate news media… again?

@rojo, surely you aren’t suggesting a wag-the-dog type of conspiracy theory by the neocons to keep the US in Syria….

Actually, @elbanditoroso I was thinking a broader scope, to keep the US involved in some kind of military conflict somewhere in the world at all times, not just in Syria, in order to keep feeding the M/I Complex. Afghanistan has been (and still is) the same way, talk of getting out and something happens almost on cue. Wanna leave Iraq? Whoa, where did this Isis group come from?!?

Any money spent in Syria is a drop in the bucket. 2000 soldiers and some missiles. More money is spent on bullets during basic training.

Eisenhower’s point has been made and more than reinforced, as a state of perpetual war now competes with our other reputation as the place that can’t pay its teachers or fix its roads.

Or perhaps everything is not about you. The US is not a primary participant in the Syrian civil war. The US isn’t on the minds of everybody there when they make their moves,

@Call_Me_Jay haha, we’re not the most popular girl at the dance? That was really funny, good one!

General Wesley Clark laid out the countries that we would go after several years ago.
https://youtu.be/9RC1Mepk_Sw

I have sometimes wondered if one or more of the other super powers stirs up some of those situations, so most of our military will be somewhere else when they choose to make a move.

It has been suggested that the Syrian government was emboldened by Trump’s talk of withdrawal. It will be of interest to see what his response will be, which I would guess will be the same as what happened last year.

Emboldened? I don’t see what the advantage would be for Assad to use a single chemical bomb dropped from a helicopter. There is no shock and awe factor. The same damage could be inflicted with conventional weapons.
All it would do would make it more difficult for someone (Trump) to leave the conflict after expressing a desire to do so and Assad would be all for the US leaving Syria.
Nope, I am still going to go with a set-up to keep the US involved mired in the ongoing conflict. And I am leaning toward Israel. If they can launch several missiles and everyone stands around saying “WTF did those come from?” I am pretty sure they could lob a chemical cocktail where they wanted to without exposing their actions. And, no one can say they do not benefit from US involvement in the Mid-East.

Well there’s this: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/05/un-sources-say-rebel-forces-not-assad-used-sarin-gas/315588/