https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/06/trump-syria-missiles-assad-chemical-weapons Sy ria airstrikes: US targets airfield in first direct military action against Assad Since early 2013, the American government closely followed by the United Kingdom government and with the French governments padding along at their heels like some well rained and obedient poodle, have been desperately seeking some justification, no matter how tenuous, to become involved in the Syrian Civil war. In this odious quest, they have been enthusiastically encouraged and supported by a media and television machine, frantically baying for the removal of Bashar al Assad and the Damascus government. Hidden amongst the rhetoric and disinformation regarding civil rights abuses, humanitarian assistance, chemical weapon programmes and the rest, all spewed out to advocate Western involvement, lies the real reasoning behind the enthusiasm for military intervention. The first and foremost r...