Sunday, April 15, 2018

Syria


I honestly don't know if our bombing the Syrian chemical factories and storage facilities was a good idea. It's a complicated situation and while this may (or may not) discourage Syria from using chemical weapons again, it's not a fix for the terrible situation in Syria.

What I do know is this:

Ordering up a bunch of cruise missile attacks does NOT make one Presidential.

Saying "Mission Accomplished" is a stupid thing to do, especially when it's too early to know if the mission is acomplished. Remember this? Sheesh.



We don't have any strategy BEYOND this one action.

This is NOT OVER.

Also, this makes me sad:
"I just want to tell Mr. Trump directly: I'm a Syrian refugee who survived chemical weapons attacks, who lived under two years of siege and bombardment by the government," Eid said. "I would love to, like, buy you a beer, and just sit in front of you and tell you how bad it is in Syria."
Eid also said he would tell Trump, that he "proved once again, yesterday, that you have a big heart. At least a lot more bigger than Obama because you actually tried to do something. We need real, long-term commitment to bring peace to Syria." Link

If you think Trump has a "real, long-term commitment to bring peace to Syria," you are sadly, horrifically mistaken. This was almost literally the least action Trump could take and he's thinking that he won and it's over. And Obama went to Congress in 2013 to ask for authorization to use force in Syria (as obligated by the Constitution) and was denied out of spite. And then Republicans blamed him for not taking action.

Also, this:



Yes, Trump really loves Syrians and clearly has the biggest heart ever.


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