RELAX
Some Trumpsters have their panties in a wad over the Presidents air strikes in Syria, others are praising the military reaction to Assads use of chemical weapons on his own people. Personally I hope he can prove it was Assad, if not there could be hell to pay, but that’s the rub. We don’t know.
We all took Colin Powells word that Saddam had weapons of mass destruction, maybe he did, maybe he didn’t he did, (* per a comment I would like to say that Saddam DID have WMD’s, I should have worded the previous sentence differently). Bush the Younger went to congress and the UN for support on military action giving Saddam time to move whatever weapons he may have had. Many said he moved them to Syria, who knows?
My point being nobody in the general public knows the evidence that was used by the President in his decision. I am sure as the weeks go by the information will come out. What Trump did do was not show his hand, he had his people condemn the chemical attacks but he didn’t tip off anyone there would be a military response, that is refreshing.
The possibility of getting bogged down in conflict with another middle eastern country is not something Trump should consider, and I don’t think he has any intentions to do so, his past comments on Syria show he wanted Syria to handle it’s own problems. That being said Trump had to do something, he did, it’s done, and that should be the end of it unless provoked again. The ball is in Syrias court.
So for now everyone needs to settle down, the information will come out and let the chips fall where they may. You don’t know the details nor do I, knee jerk reactions are for the fools on television who know as much as we do yet offer up “expert” opinions on something they know nothing about. If they hate Trump the story is his flip flopping on his previous stance regarding Syria, if they favor Trump it was a measured response, regardless somebody gassed women and children and that just cannot stand.
Lead, follow, or get the hell out of the way. Trump made a decision, what the hell did you expect him to do?
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He listened to Mattis. That’s what a president should do. Listen to his advisers. As for getting bogged down in Syria, we broke it with obama’s red line. We own it. Hopefully Trump can fix it without heavy involvement because, thanks to obama, Iran is next up
Assad now knows he doesn’t operate in a vacuum, and Putin will only help, if it’s to the advantage of Putin. Otherwise, it’s probably best he leaves, before they beat him in the streets, and drag his body behind trucks.
It was just a campaign promise, chill. Relax.
And as far as a declaration of “war”, which yesterday’s actions certainly were – hey – its just that old bit of paper and all that, that says anything about Congress. No biggee. Relax.
Leave President Obama alone to work on important busi . . . oh, wait!
I think Trump knows that ISIS or one of its affiliates had the gas in the warehouse that the Syrians hit. But there’s no way to prove it one way or another.Assad may be cruel but he’s not stupid. He knows that using gas would bring international condemnation and an answer from Trump. You have to ask who benefits from this. Assad who was winning anyway or ISIS, who was losing? This was a lucky break for ISIS. They even got the Americans to bomb Assad for them. Sadly Trump couldn’t ignore this because if he did he’d be Obama 2.0.
Bush… Clinton… Bush… Obambi… Trump… name your poison…. Same ol’ same ol’. Yet again, the American voter/taxpayer gets sold a bill of goods rotten to the core. I really do think that it will need a second USA revolution to end this cycle of political deceit and corruption.
“Maybe he did, maybe he didn’t” Really? So Hussein used WMDs against his own people (it’s not arguable, he gassed the Kurds) but he DIDN”T have WMDs? I am soooo sick of hearing this tired old BS, and more than a little surprised to see it here.
Jeb – Yeah I probably should have worded that differently. I’ll revise that particular line. I was moving on to the point where he was hiding them in other countries, didn’t think that sentence through.
You’ve got that stuff dead on, my friend. Lead, follow, or get out of the way. The President did what he needed to do, unlike others in the past. Certain…sympathizers(?)…sorts who were with the enemy not US.
After eight years of the coward Obama President Trump has shown that we are the most powerful nation in the world and don’t fuck with us. I whole heartedly belive he did the right thing.