So was the recent retaliatory US missile strike on a Syrian airbase launched before there was evidence that it actually was the Syrian government that was the one that actually used chemical weapons?
Syria and their allies Iran and Russia say so. On Friday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavros joined Iran and Syria in calling for an independent investigation and those opposed to the call “don’t have a clear conscience,” Lavrov said.
Of course last week, Russia vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution on Wednesday that demanded the Syrian government cooperate with an independent inquiry into the suspected sarin-gas attack that killed dozens of people.