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YesYNot says

. How long did it take him to start a war?

The war in Syria has been going on for years now.

Good job Trump, JCS, NSC. This looks like a very good response.

I eat my words. Trump's reaction IS different. This is in line with typical America foreign policy and EXACTLY what Obama should have done.

Now, we see what Russia and Syria say. :)

curious2 says

This is a disaster. How does the administration even know where the chemical weapons came from, so soon after the attack?

Because we watched the planes hit their targets with chemical weapons. We have amazing capabilities. 1 airfield hit, the one that launched and received the planes.

That's a GREAT and measured response.

We didn't declare war. We aren't saying there are more attacks to come. We spanked them. We are saying to the world: you play with this stuff and you can expect to hear from us.

This is FAR FARRRRRRR from isolationist America First though. :) Prove me wrong again Trump. Go start working on South Sudan. ;)

No joke. Good job tRump.

Ironman says

Rew says

Good job Trump,

Rew says

That's a GREAT and measured response.

Wait?? You can't be serious... April Fool's Day was Saturday.

I was shocked too.
Hey Rew, I think your account got hacked.

I give Trump credit for having the courage to make that descision and especially to listen to his security council.

No Zika bites yet. ;)

Strategist says

Hey Rew, I think your account got hacked.

Dang Russians everywhere.

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

Edmund Burke

Well done President Trump

Trump did exactly what I thought was a correct response.
Right here ...

CNN
curious2 says

This is a disaster. How does the administration even know where the chemical weapons came from, so soon after the attack?

Finally a CiC who has the balls to bitchslap the world's despots.

I wonder if he has a tommyhawk app on his cellphone to initiate the launch?

The interesting things now, because this was so fast, are:

- Russia
- What air corridors in Syria become problematic for us in fight against IS
- Iran

We also have Rangers and other troops, 400+, on the ground near Raqqa helping Syrian forces to train up to take the city from IS. The region got a whole lot less friendly tonight.

So, right response, on a time table faster than I thought would be done.

Boooo-hissssssss.

Flashback from the past: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-23876085
2013. Russia brokered Syria chemical weapons disarmament deal. Controlled and monitored by Russia. For that, Putin was praised like a knight in shiny armor because he averted international crisis.
"Brokered disarmament", LOL.
"He'll set up a meeting with someone that you absolutely trust, guaranteeing your safety. And at that meeting, you'll be assassinated."

Lashkar_i_Trumpi says

Yep, not happy right now about this. Bomb the hell out of ISIS, not secular Syria.

Do both. Did Obama ever bomb any of Assad's facilities? I believe the vast majority of US bombing and ground force action in Syria has targeted ISIS until today.

I think it is smart to target Assad's military bases in response to the use of chemical weapons. We can't live in a world where the use of chemical weapons is tolerated. We can't let that genie out of the bottle and it deserves a special response.

Save a missile for the Headquarters Building of NAR in Chicago.

Ironman says

You just got an education on "words (Obama)" versus "actions (Trump)"...

1 retaliatory strike does not a President make.

This.
Obama's red line incident enabled this week's chemical attack.
Despots only understand force.

socal2 says

We can't live in a world where the use of chemical weapons is tolerated. We can't let that genie out of the bottle and it deserves a special response.

BlueSardine says

Despots only understand force.

They understand more than that, but they will take whatever they can get away with.

Hope he killed a Russian.
Trump took action: 5 deferments.
It was hard work!

Trump may get to see PUTIN in action.

What will the reaction be by other Muslims?

Ironman says

I see, so these actions by Obama were so much better?

No, he wasn't with regards to Syria.

But, Trump hasn't done enough to hang his hat on and make the investigations and resistance against him stop. He has put 1 point up on the board so far, for me, his entire 60+ days. He is still a national embarrassment of a President. I don't see that changing.

HEY YOU says

Hope he killed a Russian.

Unlikely. Appears we communicated this was coming, strongly. Loss of life was probably minimal. We rendered the air strip ineffective, and blew up whatever trash wasn't in hardened bunkers.

Edit: above is my read right now based on what news outlets are saying. In 48 hours this becomes a lot clearer.

Also, I'll add, this is going to do wonders with regards to China and N. Korea. We look like Bush Era America here, which means we absolutely WILL police the world if we want to. China, you want us to setup a patrol in your area of the world? No? Ok then. What can you do for us?

The only important question; Who's PISSED OFF now?

Ironman says

You don't want to mess with this guy, that's for sure.

HEY YOU says

Trump may get to see PUTIN in action.

Putin will just whine.

HEY YOU says

What will the reaction be by other Muslims?

Who cares?

YesYNot says

How long did it take him to start a war?

HEY YOU says

The only important question; Who's PISSED OFF now?

Don't be scared.

freespeechforever says

...and now this; more war/military adventurism of choice that Trump LITERALLY demonized while slinging his bullshit in the campaign trail.

You are OK with human rights abuses? Obama did nothing to stop the rise of ISIS and the genocide of the Yazidis. Now you want Trump to just stand by and let crazy maniacs use chemical weapons?
Aint gonna happen.

Strategist says

Who cares?

9/11

HEY YOU says

Strategist says

Who cares?

9/11

They are trying for another one anyway.

lostand confused says

Good, I am beginning to like Trump more and more

War is hell, and so live the people who are experiencing this.

Why or why did not the great noble prize winner attempt every effort of peacemaking/brokering, negotiation, empathy, and teaming with other countries and NATO to stop the genocide? To me this worse than Kosovo or even worse because of the sheer destruction, dislocation and terror?

But name a good horror...

Hey Obama.......Watch Trump and learn something.

I had concerns about the ripeness and preparation that Obama handed us when he turned a blind eye to China and North Korea and Russia. Then he give deals to Iran and Cuba.

Surely I would be a bad politician, because my principles would not allow it.

freespeechforever says

more war/military adventurism of choice that Trump LITERALLY demonized while slinging his bullshit in the campaign trail

Are you suggesting that if we gave Obama one more term that peace was just about to break out all over?

To make a weighted average of conditions before and after consider the frequency.

Compared to 2009 and 2016

- How many missile launches per year from N Korea? What was done to try to reduce this?
- How many refugees coming from middle east? What was done to reduce this.
- What was the stability and outlook of Iraq, Egypt, Syria, Libya, what was done to reduce the stability?
- How many people were victims of terror, organized or lone wolf in France, Belgium, Germany. WWD to reduce this?
- How may islands were in development/existed in the China Sea. WWD to address this?
- How many poison gas attacks.....WWD to address this?
- How many countries did russia invade.....WWD to address this?
- How many computers were hacked at how many agencies.......WWD to address this?
... ...

How did this happen?

freespeechforever says

Hey Strategist, you must be fucking retarded to believe Assad used Sarin at this point in time, when his survival was all but guaranteed, rather than a guarantee-fucking "rebel" operation to pin this on Assad.

You have to be retarded to believe Trump would have attacked Syria without being sure Assad used chemical weapons.

You Dems who criticize Trump while ignoring who was in charge when this ill conditions percolated are worse than the Bolsheviks. (this is not an ad hom, its actually true!)

But we all remember the line in the sand threat of Obama. Surely all the eastern med states shook in terror.....

In reality, Obama would say that the Republicans took the line and took the sand. Then CNN and MSNBC would run that story for 2 weeks like the live video branch of the DNC which they are.

jazz music says

This was seen on April 1, 2017 in Athens, Greece.

I can't read it. It's all Greek to me.

Once you guys all finish high fiving and doing the testosterone dance want to fill the rest of us in on trumps double secret plan for post assad? Hopefully it will be better than the Iraq or Afghanistan plan.

Obama is gone, if trump fucks this up he owns it. Or as colin powell told bush before the iraq invasion, if you break it you bought it.

Ironman says

Wait, weren't you just whining this morning about what Trump would do?

Finally, you are right... if by whining, you mean analyzing Trump's earlier statement, and stating that he had basically forced himself to strike or look like the Obama he criticized over and over during the campaign. By making this statement and striking, he showed us that he did a 180 from 2013 when he pleaded with Obama to not retaliate. He showed us that being President has changed his views.

The only way that this makes any sense for Trump is if he discussed this with Moscow ahead of the attack, and he manages to not escalate this. That seems like a tall order considering Trump's personality and the fact that we have troops in Syria already training various people to fight Assad.