justin_o_guy2 wrote on 04/13/18 at 17:37:50:Such great intellectuals.
Assad knows Russia is on his side, and he knows we (as a nation) don't want another middle east conflict. Assad knows we know Russia is on his side, so if we attack Assad, we are getting into a de facto war with Russia. So with that as a huge deterrent to us actually taking any real aggressive action, After Trump's last reaction to Syrian gassing, Assad probably feels justified in taking whatever action he feels will speed up the demise of the rebels fighting him.
Assad is acting under the protection of Russia. Sure, we'll bomb an abandoned airfield or drop a few bombs via air strikes, we'll take limited action, even what's going on right now probably won't last.