Trump blasts Syria.

Julio3000 said:
If you say so.
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Since we're on the outskirts of causation/correlation, I wonder how one might factor in the former President's response to Assad's murdering of ~1500 Syrians three years ago - also using sarin gas.
 
Julio3000 said:
"Who's the cuck now, big fella?" says Jared from his front row seat.

Glad the Secretary of Commerce and the Treasury Secretary were there to provide sound advice on monetary policy.
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Jared rocking the semi-skinny tie.

Tillerson has literally not shaken the deer-in-headlights look since Feburary 1.

O'Bannon beer gut.
 
Hawk said:
Since we're on the outskirts of causation/correlation, I wonder how one might factor in the former President's response to Assad's murdering of ~1500 Syrians three years ago - also using sarin gas.
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Relative to what?
 
Hawk said:
Jared does rock the skinny tie.

Tillerson has literally not shaken the deer-in-headlights look since Feburary 1.

O'Bannon beer gut.
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I didn't even notice that Tillerson was in the room. Seems about right.
 
Hawk said:
The Syrian Conundrum® (circa 2017)
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I think I've covered this, but ok.

Obama's inaction after failing to get authorization from Congress and subsequent deal with the Russians apparently solved one problem (Syrian use of sarin gas), exacerbated another (Assad's impunity to kill and starve his citizens by conventional means) and created a new one (conferring legitimacy on Russia as an honest broker in the region). He feared escalation and mission creep and gauged, correctly IMO, little appetite in congress or the population for another extended military campaign in the region.

This may well prove to have been wrong in retrospect, but it's tough to honestly argue that another path would have been necessarily better. That's where I think you're off-base, and I grant that it's simply my opinion.
 
The attack reminded me of this video - which is from a year ago, but absolutely still relevant today, if you ask me

 
Because he speaks on illogical it is for Assad to use these weapons knowing what the response to be. And says the west acts on evidence that they refuse to share with the rest of the world.

Same seems to be true today
 
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Post by my army friend just two days ago

1. What happened in #Syria is terrible beyond words, and my heart goes out to all of the victims.
2. Investigation should come first, verdict second. Not the other way around.
3. FYI: 2013 attack in Ghouta (Syria) was likely not Assad, based on followup reporting by Seymour Hersh, Robert Parry, and others.
4. At a minimum, let's find the #truth here BEFORE we call for (yet another) war in the Middle East, and send our #troops off en masse to risk their lives (again).
5. Glenn Greenwald, can we count on The Intercept to cover this?
 
Hawk said:
There's nothing to be torn about.

People who are content to stand by and allow this monster to slaughter another 17K children are morally bankrupt.

This was an appropriate, just, and over-due response.

I can see being torn over boots on the ground and/or a long-term commitment to operations in Syria, but not this.
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Im not opposed to action but just felt this was too rushed. That's why I'm uncomfortable with it. That and I'm still trying to understand the chem bombing.
 
I suppose we have a moral obligation but where do you draw the line on what is so immoral that we have to intervene?
 
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