oyb:


they already gave the russians advance notice of the airstrike.
the russians have also denounced assads actions

where's the direct confrontation?

war is always a great distraction. suprising that the same trump who has basically said syrians are on their own [banning refugees] has suddenly realized that they are also human beings.

Missy89:


Assad broke the chemical weapons deal by using it. This is the right message to send.
Even Hillary agrees

Lucasbalo:
Do you think I lockstep with everything Hillary or The Democratic Party does. As much love as I have for Obama, my point of disagreement with him is not totally pulling out our forces out of that cursed part of the world. If Hillary support striking Syria, F her too. It's emotional for some of us seeing America getting in wars that are not necessary. Many things needed to be fixed in America, war is the last thing we should be getting into. On that one, I am a Nativist.

Missy89:


Every form of evil in the world have been defeated by a superior military might not peace activism. That is the reality of life.

Lucasbalo:
I guess America should be fighting war all over the world. Iran, North Korea, Venezuela and other countries loading. What do we gain from this useless American interventions ?. To me nothing but scorn. America first.

Missy89:


Sounding like Trump

Lucasbalo:
That's fine with me as long as he doesn't get us in a quagmire. The war Hawks are getting to Trump because he was the one getting on Obama to leave Syria alone while he was campaigning for the Presidency. I guess MIC is very powerful.

Just 11 weeks into office, President Donald Trump has bombed Syria.

The president announced Thursday that he had launched a missile strike on a Syrian air base in retaliation for a deadly chemical weapon attack perpetrated by Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime. The chemical attack, carried out earlier this week, left at least 70 dead.

In 2013, when a sarin nerve gas attack left more than 1,400 dead outside Damascus, President Barack Obama went to Congress to get approval to strike.

In a whip count from ThinkProgress, 183 Republicans were against bombing the country. Only 12 Republicans, including then-House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), sided with the president to launch a strike. Ultimately, Congress did not appear approve the strike, with 243 Congressional members swaying towards voting “No.” Obama ultimately decided to postpone the vote.
The Huffington Post
183 Republicans leaned against launching an attack on Syria in 2013. On Thursday, President Donald Trump did not seek Congressional approval before launching an airstrike on the same country.

In the past, Trump appeared as an anti-interventionist, criticizing Obama’s choice to use force in Syria:

But Trump declined to seek Congressional approval before launching Thursday’s attack.

The president defended his actions in a statement issued from his Florida Mar-a-Lago resort.

“Even beautiful babies were cruelly murdered at this very barbaric attack,” Trump said of the chemical attack. “No child of God should ever suffer such horror.”
Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) was one of the members of Congress who was against Obama’s plan. But he didn’t seem to have much to say in response to the news of Trump’s strike:

WASHINGTON ― As President Donald Trump on Thursday night announced a military strike on Syria because of his deep concern for “beautiful babies” and other civilians killed in a chemical weapons attack this week, two legal battles continued over his efforts to keep Syrian children and their families out of the United States.

The president’s first ban on refugees and travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries is being litigated in a federal court in Seattle. His second attempted Muslim ban remains blocked by a federal judge in Hawaii, with an appeals court scheduled to hear the case in May.

Both executive orders halted the entry of refugees, and targeted Syrians in particular. The language of the orders echoed Trump’s campaign talk about the humanitarian crisis facing more than 20 million people from that country. In September, the then-candidate said denying U.S. entry to Syrian refugees is “a matter of terrorism” and “a matter of quality of life.”

Since his inauguration, Trump has repeatedly spread lies about refugee-related problems in Sweden. And his administration has tried to mislead the public on the number of refugees being investigated on terror charges. The Washington Post rated Trump’s talking point on the issue “highly misleading” last month.

After a U.S. intelligence analysis suggested that Syrian President Bashar Assad used the banned chemical weapon sarin in an attack on an opposition-held village on Tuesday, Trump spoke multiple times about children and other civilians who were affected.

“Assad choked out the lives of helpless men, women and children. It was a slow and brutal death for so many. Even beautiful babies were cruelly murdered at this very barbaric attack,” Trump said after launching the strike Thursday night. “No child of God should ever suffer such horror.”

The White House confirmed after the attack that Trump has not altered his position on refugees. National Security Adviser James McMaster said the refugee issue “wasn’t discussed as any part of the deliberations” for the strikes, according to a White House pool report.

The hypocrisy did not go unnoticed.

More than 11 million Syrians have been displaced from their homes since Syria’s civil war began in 2011, when Assad attacked peaceful protests against his family’s decades-long rule.

“In many cases, children caught up in this crisis have fared the worst, losing family members or friends to the violence, suffering physical and psychological trauma, or falling behind in school,” the nonprofit World Vision wrote in a post on March 15, the sixth anniversary of the civil war. “Children affected by the Syrian refugee crisis are at risk of becoming ill, malnourished, abused, or exploited.”

Trump’s strike in itself is unlikely to have any serious impact on civilian suffering. A one-off U.S. show of force may help the president and his team feel they’re taken action. But the Assad regime’s assault on Syria’s people will likely continue, perhaps after some small break.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson suggested this would be the case Thursday night, telling reporters not to expect a change in U.S. policy toward directly trying to force Assad out.

“If Trump just wants Assad to stop using [chemical weapons] but does nothing about sieges, torture & mass executions, then Assad will likely say ‘deal,’” Kristyan Benedict, campaigns manager for Amnesty International UK, tweeted. “Stopping Assad’s chemical attacks has value for sure but [chemical weapons] are just one tool the regime use to terrorize civilians & maintain their power.”

Missy89:


Trump die hard supporters are angry with his Syria decision it seems.

oyb:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/republicans-strike-syria-trump_us_58e6f71de4b051b9a9da355d?tjb&



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-syria-humanitarian-refugees_us_58e6fd6ee4b051b9a9da3d6e?


republicans . . .

obixcel:
The U.S Strike on Syria was a timely response; It was quick, swift and precise. You can't use chemical weapons on your own citizens and expect the world to look the other way. Assad may have played d wrong chess thinking that since Trump said, America first, he can now do whatever he feels like without any U.S intervention. I like what I'm seeing. .

obixcel:
Whatever.....you can't use chemical weapons on your own citizens and expect the world to look the other way

oyb:


i suggest you retreat to whatever hole you crawled out from . ignoramus

better run to briebart and your alt right trash sites so they can teach you on the correct response

the world looked the other way in the 80s and 90s when saddam did the same
the republicans and trump looked the other way during obama's term when assad did this.
the same republicans and trump were against action by obama

this is why my default reaction is to ignore you turds.

you have nothing in your heads. all you do is regurgitate fake news and silly memes from white supremacist and alt right webs sites

you now have absolutely no idea what to say - since your god trump is going against his populist creed.

thats what happens when you stand for nothing.

this is the same way bush was pulling unilateral actions in iraq.

oyb:


i suggest you retreat to whatever hole you crawled out from . ignoramus

better run to briebart and your alt right trash sites so they can teach you on the correct response

the world looked the other way in the 80s and 90s when saddam did the same
the republicans and trump looked the other way during obama's term when assad did this.
the same republicans and trump were against action by obama

this is why my default reaction is to ignore you turds.

you have nothing in your heads. all you do is regurgitate fake news and silly memes from white supremacist and alt right webs sites

you now have absolutely no idea what to say - since your god trump is going against his populist creed.

thats what happens when you stand for nothing.

this is the same way bush was pulling unilateral actions in iraq.

obixcel:
You can run back to your safe space u fool! My opinion is strictly my opinion, not whatever sources u may think.

Gyalchester:
Grab Syria by the pvssy and bomb the Shìt out if it.

obixcel:
Total Cruise Missiles strike in Syria reaches 60

Lucasbalo:
See a fool celebrating a war that's not necessary. You deserve to be Lobotomized. You are the worst of God's creation.

Lucasbalo:
Junebug, we are going to draft you into the Army and after your training at Camp Leujuene in NC , you will be deployed to Syria. Let's see how you will feel then see you love war so much.

obixcel:
Whatever happened to ''simply giving update''?, what is there to celebrate? FOOL! Eating too many ghetto gilberish

Gyalchester:


You can't be drafted if you have a 3.0+ GPA

obixcel:
Gorsuch set to be confirmed, despite Democrats' Filibuster

Lucasbalo:
Gorsuch is going to help you come out of your misery in your cave. You are a joke.

Lucasbalo:
Do not worry, we will change the law .

obixcel:
Whatever is eating you up inside must be a really badass nerve agent.

obixcel:
Whatever happened to ''simply giving update''?, what is there to celebrate? FOOL! Eating too many ghetto gilberish