Will the US attack Syria to send a message to Iran?

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SamuelRSmith said:

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SamuelRSmith said:
If the attack goes forward, it'll be more about sending messages to Russia/China than Iran.

What message are we sending to China and Russia?

This thing is basically a proxy war. Yesterday, Russia restructured Cyprus's debt to give them much more favourable terms. This morning, Cyprus announces that it will not let its sovereign territory be used to launch an attack on Syria.

The message is fairly simple: play ball. Russia has been reasserting itself in the region gradually for some time now, and China is growing in influence across Asia and Africa. It's also fairly clear that China has its eyes on reserve currency status...which is something that I believe the USG would go to war over, to the point of self-destruction.

What do you mean by your last sentence about China and currency reserve? And what's USG?