The AGE argues that the unilateral attack by the US against the regime of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad was a justified, proportionate response to the latest in a series of crimes against humanity.
The US carried out a cruise missile strike on an airbase in Syria in response to a chemical weapon attack on Syrian civilians.
The world has reacted with both condemnation and strong support of the US missile attack.
The AGE argues that this swift and unexpected action from President Donald Trump - he had long opposed striking the Assad regime - might be a circuit-breaker and is certainly an unambiguous statement that the use of chemical weapons will not be tolerated.
The paper also points out that Russian President Vladimir Putin should cut Dr Assad loose, as he is globally viewed with opprobrium that will have grown as a result of this latest chemical attack.
And it hopes that the stark change of tactics might end the use of chemical weapons, and even help end the wretched tragedy in Syria by catalysing the fall of Dr Assad.
