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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (137804)	1/3/2018 4:06:30 PM
From: Elroy Jetson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217862

Former New Zealand Prime Minister Bill English isn't ruling out sending troops to Syria, should the US ask New Zealand for help toppling the Assad regime. Trump's strike against president Assad's largest air force base with dozens of Tomahawk missiles has so far been a one-off, but it's sparked talk of war with Russia even as NATO forces continue strikes on ISIS. The Trump administration continues to downplay any direct US role against ISIS forces to avoid offending Saudi Arabia which has been the financial sponsor for ISIS in it's proxy war against Iran. The White House called its strike on Assad's forces a proportionate response to a chemical weapons attack on civilians, believed to have been carried out by Syrian government forces. "If there was further chemical attacks, I would expect they would act again," said Mr English. New Zealand, under Labour, declined to take part in the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 because it was conducted without approval from the United Nations. Mr English says although it's unlikely the UN will back action against Syria because of Russia's veto at the Security Council, he's not ruling out New Zealand taking part. "We much prefer to be inside the UN framework. The problem here has been that the Security Council hasn't been able to condemn the atrocities. We expect them to do that."