U.S. ambassador reassures Russians: Syrian strike ‘not about a conflict between superpowers’

The U.S. ambassador to Russia on Saturday reassured Russians that the U.S. military strike on Syrian government targets was “not about a conflict between superpowers,” as tensions have flared between diplomats in recent days.

“This is not about a conflict between superpowers, but about the principle that the use of chemical weapons is simply unacceptable,” Ambassador John Huntsman said in a video posted to the Facebook page for the U.S. embassy in Moscow.