U of U professor unsure what happens now, after missile strikes on Syria

by Cristina Flores

Fri, April 7th 2017, 5:32 AM UTC

In this image provided by the U.S. Navy, the guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) launches a tomahawk land attack missile in the Mediterranean Sea, Friday, April 7, 2017. The United States blasted a Syrian air base with a barrage of cruise missiles in fiery retaliation for this week's gruesome chemical weapons attack against civilians. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ford Williams/U.S. Navy via AP)

President Donald Trump speaks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., Thursday, April 6, 2017, after the U.S. fired a barrage of cruise missiles into Syria Thursday night in retaliation for this week's gruesome chemical weapons attack against civilians. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) departs Rota, Spain, on March 29, 2017. The United States fired a barrage of cruise missiles into Syria Thursday night in retaliation for this week’s gruesome chemical weapons attack against civilians, the first direct American assault on the Syrian government and Donald Trump’s most dramatic military order since becoming president. The Tomahawk missiles were fired from warships USS Porter and USS Ross in the Mediterranean Sea. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Robert S. Price/U.S. Navy via AP)

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In this image provided by the U.S. Navy, the guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) launches a tomahawk land attack missile in the Mediterranean Sea, Friday, April 7, 2017. The United States blasted a Syrian air base with a barrage of cruise missiles in fiery retaliation for this week's gruesome chemical weapons attack against civilians. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ford Williams/U.S. Navy via AP)

Salt Lake City — (KUTV) Amos Guiora, Professor of Law at the University of Utah, said there is uncertainty about what happens next after the missile attack on Syria, because the Middle East is complicated and because President Trump acted contrary to his own promises.

Guiora said Trump, as a candidate, insisted he would not get involved in international affairs but on Thursday ordered missile strikes against Syria.

Trump said it was a response to the Syrian government’s use of sarin gas to kill and injure its own people – including babies.

“I’m not sure what happens tomorrow,” Guiora said.

He said if Trump is sending a message to Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad , it’s not clear how Asaad will respond or if he cares.

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“There is more a question mark than definitiveness of where we are going,” said Guiora.

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