President Trump has done the right thing for humanity by launching cruise missiles to strike a Syrian air base in response to the appalling chemical bombing of a rebel town on Wednesday. Russia's vote on the UN Security Council would ensure nothing was likely to be done from that quarter. Trump decided the strong demonstration of disapproval had to be done quickly, and he was right. But Putin's lame response to the chemical outrage has already cost Russia its credibility as an architect of a solution in Syria. For them too, isolationism is appealing in the abstract but appalling if it means war criminals can act with impunity.

Source: New Zealand Herald April 07, 2017 17:03 UTC