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

By Tom Rogan
Published June 19, 2017 12:47pm ET
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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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