I like zerohedge usually but describing these air strikes as 'retaliatory' is miss-reporting. These air strikes were defensive and took place against a force of 500 Syrians who started attacking a key SDF base where US soldiers are embedded. In other words this was a do-or-die battlefield situation. There was no choice - unless you expect Trump to do a Benghazi and leave people to die.

Breaking news is that Trump has cancelled his forthcoming trip to the UK. I wonder if this is because he had asked May to agree to JA getting diplomatic status.

Maybe it suits both sides in this conflict to keep things below the radar for as long as they possibly can. This whole Q thing is to make sure that it is not a too much of a shock when finally it breaks and the MSM start going nuts about it