For a Second Strike on Syria, Trump Will Have to Go Big

With little to show for last year’s missile attack, the Trump administration is contemplating a larger campaign against the Assad government

Apr 10, 2018 · 3 min read

Image for post — A Tomahawk missile launched from the destroyer USS Porter heading toward Syria on April 7, 2017. Photo: Ford Williams/U.S. Navy via Getty Images

Image for post — A Tomahawk missile launched from the destroyer USS Porter heading toward Syria on April 7, 2017. Photo: Ford Williams/U.S. Navy via Getty Images

By Rhys Dubin and Dan De Luce

If U.S. President Donald Trump decides to take military action against the Syrian…

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