Assad and Putin are testing the US in Syria. Trump is answering.

By Tom Rogan

Published June 19, 2017 12:47pm ET

Assad and Putin are testing the US in Syria. Trump is answering. — The Syrian axis (Syrian President Bashar Assad, Russia, Iran, the Lebanese Hezbollah, and other associated Shiite militias) are determined to displace U.S./allied forces fromnorth-central Syria. (Alexei Druzhinin, RIA-Novosti, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File) | Alexei Druzhinin

On Sunday, an F-18 fighter jet (almost certainly from the Mediterranean-deployed USS George H.W. Bush carrier strike group), downed a Syrian Air Force Su-22 fighter jet.

It was the right decision for both tactical and strategic reasons.

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