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Dispatches from Trump's America: Last week's Tomahawk strike against Syria's real mission: to divert attention from Russia probe

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Last Thursday's cruise missile strikes on a Syrian airfield - in which two U.S. warships launched 59 Tomahawk land attack missiles (TLAM) allegedly in retaliation for a deadly chemical attack that killed "dozens of civilians" may have been aimed at Syrian dictator Bashir Assad's military forces. But the real target was the credulity of the American public and the mainstream media as the unpopular President tries to deflect attention from investigations into Russia's alleged interference with the 2016 election - and his campaign's possible collusion with Moscow. According to CNN.com, the April 6 missile strike against " the airbase that was home to the warplanes that carried out the chemical attacks" was ordered by the President to, as Mr. Trump said, " to prevent and deter the spread and use of deadly chemical weapons." Per the official version of why Mr. Trump ordered the TLAM strikes last week, the President was shocked by media f