Too Late for NATO in Syria

Syria is full of Russian specialists and equipment

The chance for the U.S. and NATO to take control of the Syria situation is over. The time to have taken action was when Assad crossed Obama's "red line in the sand" to no effect. At that time, the Russians were on the sidelines, waiting to see how events progressed.

When Putin realized that NATO was not going to go after Assad he filled the void and committed to propping up the regime.

Trump came to the White House and promptly launched a series of cruise missiles to hit targets that were hand-picked for him by the Russians, to almost no effect at all.

Now, there is evidence of another Sarin gas attack. Some say it must be the Syrians, others say that Assad wouldn't be so stupid, it must be the rebels looking to draw NATO into the fight.

In any event, the Russians are there, they own this one and it is their problem.

Too bad, really, but, as they say, "you snooze you lose".