Sunday Mirror (Northern Ireland)

If Russia fires back it will be an act of war

- BY LORD WEST, FORMER CHIEF OF THE NAVAL STAFF

THE situation in Syria meant some form of military action had to be taken.

Hopefully this tailored, focused strike will make President Bashar al-Assad and the rest of the world realise it’s wrong to use chemical weapons.

President Assad is stupid if he’s considerin­g deploying them again. Attacks like yesterday’s become incrementa­l. This one may have been a limited “pinprick” strike by the UK, US and France. The next one may be a

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