EU/MILITARY/RUSSIA/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump said in a tweet early Thursday that he had never telegraphed the timing of an attack on Syria, and that such a strike — for which he put Russia and Syria on notice just one day earlier — ‘could be very soon or not so soon at all!’ France, on Thursday [4-12-18], said that it had proof the Syrian regime had used chemical weapons in a deadly attack near Syria’s capital on Saturday [4-7-18]. Britain’s cabinet is scheduled to meet on Thursday to discuss joining a military operation with the United States, the BBC reported. British submarines were ordered within missile range of Syria, according to The Daily Telegraph. And Germany announced that it would not be part of any coordinated military action in Syria. German Chancellor Angela Merkel stressed the importance of Western powers sending a clear, united message that using chemical weapons ‘is unacceptable.'”
–Eileen Sullivan, “Trump Says Syria Attack ‘Could Be Very Soon or Not So Soon at All,'” The New York Times online, April 12, 2018