The contrarian view: Why Trump's Syrian strike was a good thing

Trump's strikes were more symbolic than strategic

The Syrian people and their Muslim brothers and sisters have been screaming for help for years as crimes against humanity racked up against them and their kin. Yet the West has so far refused to intervene directly and decisively, even as the conflict deepened to the point of catastrophe. But by launching tomahawk missiles on a Syrian government air base, Donald Trump has now made it clear that this policy is at an end.

This is no bad thing. No, Trump’s bombs are not a substitute for a solution to the conflict, but they carried a simple and