I can buy that. The missiles won't be fired at Syrian government operators but others. So there is no need for Russia to panic. The public comments from a number of leaders condemn Assad and condemn chemical attacks but don't actually directly condemn Assad for this chemical attack. And as for No Name, consider this from 2008:
"McCain’s Kremlin Ties
He may talk tough about Russia, but John McCain’s political advisors have advanced Putin’s imperial ambitions."
https:// www.thenation.com/article/mccains-kremlin-ties/
or
http:// archive.is/VtM4e
Trump's 2016 campaign team seems to have briefly touched a number of suspect people whose corruption goes back years and then ceased doing business with them or isolated them. A canny way of bringing them to the attention of the authorities and making sure the media give it coverage?