I think Putin is trying to bolster his' puppet-in-the-white-house's standing. By creating an opportunity for Trump to seem strong and standing up to Assad by killing thousands of innocent people.

Another Wag the Dog theory - Is it very cynical of me to think it is no cooincidence that just after dtRumpf calls for our troops to leave Syria, a horrible attack occurs which results in an about-face to not only stay in Syria but to launch missles? Is it cynical for me to theorize that someone making a profit on war pulled some strings to have this horrendous attack on civilians happen?

Aren't you confusing state and federal governments? The U.S. didn't poison Flint, Flint switched water sources which caused the increased lead levels due to a chemical reaction in the pipes (I think).
The U.S. fired the missles not Flint, so Flint didn't foot the bill for them.
I don't follow your line of reasoning, can you explain in detail?

And to distract us from trumpet's plethora of misdoings, misspeakings, and miscalculations.

And the state of Michigan just stopped providing free bottled water to the residents of Flint

I think you are absolutely right!

A deliberate action of chemical gassing to innocent people...Note: people smarter then this forum has an answer to stop this. As a regular person and not in the position to control this action. I just agree or disagree. Ok... I agree with stopping them from poisoning their on people or others with chemical gassing.

No proof whatsoever of Assad using chemical weapons. In fact, our bombing took place just before inspectors were set to arrive. He had no incentive to do so either as his forces were retaking previously held areas. This is a massive setup by western powers with a nefarious agenda and war crimes. This is a wag the dog scenario meant to misdirect from so many other crimes taking place, including the Israeli murder of Palestinians, the Saudis slaughtering Yemenis, Trump's legal woes, etc.

Gassing innocents is horrible to be sure, but dead is dead, method is secondary. I don't see how bombing them is going to make any difference except to escalate the entire situation.Which means more death.

The problem is tha tthe U.S. government (primarily republican politicians) thinks profits are mor eimportant than providing services for, or the well being of, its people.

Whnever you see the government take an action tha seems like a waste ofmoney ot is just plain stupid, you cna be sure that soem campaign contributor is making a profit off of it.

What the fuck has it got to do with anyone but Syria?

I don't mean to sound cynical about our government, but are there any valuable minerals in Flint? I am sorry for the conditions of your city, but many suffer as well because they don't interest certain wallets.

I agree. The douschebag-in-chief is only trying to distract those people paying attention from recognizing how he is NOT taking care of his own. Puerto Rico? Flint? Countless other...

Welcome to the world?

I believe your correlation is faulty.

Its Wag the Dog. Trump is trying to distract from the Rusia investigation.

Doesn’t make sense to me to bomb a country that’s killing their own people, that means we are also killing the same people we are trying to save

Unpresident trump just like uncitizen trump and traitor trump is a Big Spender of what is not his money. So standby for more loss.