On Thu, 6 Apr 2017 18:52:12 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:


Syria being an ally and client state of Russia might have something to
do it, eh?


What are they going to do, launch a nuke?

They could just put a little more pressure on the Baltic states or
turn up the fire in Ukraine. There are lots of ways they could make a
few dead Syrians look pretty unimportant.