<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="center">President Donald Trump took swift action against Syria this week and made it clear that the U.S. doesn&rsquo;t tolerate chemical weapon attacks.  ;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The chemical attack killed 87 people, including 31 children. This is the first time the U.S. has targeted the Syrian President Bashar Assad&#8217;s forces.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&ldquo;Trump, who authorized the launch of 59 Tomahawk missiles from Navy warships in the Mediterranean Sea on an air base near Homs at 3:45 a.m local time, had said his thinking on Syria had changed following Tuesday&#8217;s chemical attack that left scores of civilians dead,&rdquo; writes <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Fox News.</em>  ;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Kremlin called the airstrike an &ldquo;aggression against a sovereign state in violation of international law&rdquo; and Iran&rsquo;s Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram ;Ghasemi said it was &ldquo;unilateral action is dangerous, destructive and violates principles of international law.&rdquo;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">While Russia, Iran and Syria were quick to condemn the U.S military&rsquo;s move against Syria, other leaders from U.S. allies were in support.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The British government firmly supports the strike on Syria. Theresa May&rsquo;s government saw the action as &#8220;an appropriate response to the barbaric chemical weapons attack launched by the Syrian regime, and is intended to deter further attacks.&#8221;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement that Trump &ldquo;In both word and action sent a strong and clear message: that the use and spread of chemical weapons will not be tolerated.&#8221;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Israeli President expressed similar sentiments.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&#8220;In the face of the terrible use of chemical weapons against innocent civilians, the clear and determined steps of the US Administration and Military under the leadership of President Trump, constitute a fitting and appropriate response to such unthinkable brutality,&rdquo; ;said Reuven ;Rivlin, Israeli President. ;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Australian Prime Minister Malcolm ;Turnbull ;also is in support of Trump&rsquo;s airstrikes.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&#8220;This was a calibrated, proportionate and targeted response. It sends a strong message to the Assad regime, and &#8230; has been struck at the very airfield from which the chemical attack was delivered,&rdquo; said Turnbull.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Then Japan&#8217;s ;Prime Minister Shinzo ;Abe echoed a similar response. He said the strikes were &#8220;a means to prevent further deterioration of the ;situation&#8221; referring to the recent chemical attack.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Even Turkey backed the move calling it an &ldquo;important and meaningful&rdquo; step, but then encourage a more aggressive stance on Assad.  ;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&ldquo;We see the (airstrikes) as positive, but we believe that this should be completed,&#8221; said Deputy Prime Minister Numan ;Kurtulmus. &#8220;The Assad regime&#8217;s barbarism must immediately be stopped.&#8221; ;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Former NATO Commander James Stavridis also applauded Trump&rsquo;s decision.  ;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&#8220;It sends a salutary and most-needed message to our allies. It pushes back on their heels a bit the Russians and Iraniansm,&rdquo; said Stavridis. &#8220;It&#8217;s the appropriate use of force. It was well done militarily, a good day for the Navy, and I feel overall this will have at least a stopping effect on the flow of activity.&#8221;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Author&rsquo;s note:</strong> It looks as though our allies are supportive of Trump&rsquo;s military action. Like we expected, Trump has proven he isn&rsquo;t going to waste time. The decision to strike was swift and it didn&rsquo;t take 9 months. Also, how can liberals think that Trump was in cahoots with Russia prior now that he has orchestrated this move?</p>
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