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Smoke billows in the town of Douma, the last opposition holdout in Syria's Eastern Ghouta. (Getty/Salon)

Trump flirts with World War III

Patrick Lawrence
John Bolton

John Bolton, now in the White House

Heather Digby Parton
(AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Sy Hersh calls out Trump

Jefferson Morley - Alternet
Syria President Bashar al-Assad (AP)

David Alpher - The Conversation
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Trump's Syria misadventure

Danielle Ryan
(AP/Susan Walsh/SANA/John Locher)

Welcome to Syria, Mr. Trump

Steven A. Cook
A Syrian forces' artillery observer looks through a scope as smoke plumes rise on the horizon, near the town of Qumhanah in the countryside of the central province of Hama, on April 1, 2017 (Getty/Stringer)

Trump's Syria ignorance

Gary Legum
In this photo taken Nov. 17, 2016, Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala. speaks to media at Trump Tower in New York. President-elect Donald Trump has picked Sessions for the job of attorney general. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (AP/Carolyn Kaster/Charles Rex)

Sessions to cops: Just do it

Heather Digby Parton
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Albert Aji, Karin Laub
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