Posted on 04/08/2017 8:20:29 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
President Trump’s limited, proportional missile strike on a single Syrian air base had a clear purpose: Punish Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for having launched a chemical weapons attack that killed over 85 of his citizens and deter him (and others) from engaging in similar WMD-related war crimes.
The strike was not aimed at toppling Mr. Assad or ousting his minority Alawite regime, at least, not yet. Removing Mr. Assad would undermine what Mr. Trump has long called his key foreign policy objective — defeating the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria and the other most dangerous Islamists who have destabilized much of the Middle East.
But the launching of some 59 sea-based Tomahawk cruise missiles against the Syrian Air Force’s base of Shayrat sends a strong message not only to Syria but to several other states and groups with a stake in the outcome of that country’s brutal civil war....
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The author gets it. This is exactly what I posted yesterday.
We have been bombing isis at about 5 times the Obama rate for the last two months. But you either have to look hard to find any good reporting about it or understand the MSM doesnt want you to focus on that.
Either way, I think the people occupying the town where the gassing took place should have been hit just as hard as the Syrians were.
Maybe not in that town due to civilians, but how about their positions near the airbase we hit so they can't launch an offensive to take the nearby Christian city they've been shelling off and on for a few years?
Maybe they will be within the next few days. We'll see.
Regards
Several messages: Dont back Trump into a corner. Don’t depend on your big allies to protect you from Trump’s America when he decides to act. The world’s cop is back on the beat and the days of an absent America are over.
Wasn’t there going to be a site like nachumlist(sp?) but for Trump’s accomplishments?
Not sure but there ought to be
Xi was sitting waiting for Trump while the strike was made
The entire message was sent and received
Cynically, I think the “wag the dog” analysis has as much merit as anything, considering the ongoing Russia investigation, and how this could further help discredit the ongoing witch hunt.
Bottom line, Trump capitulated to political attacks and correctness, in the foreign policy arena. Let’s hope it’s a one off, and not a trend.
If one isn’t at least concerned about this, then one hasn’t learned about the importance of deeds themselves, versus just cheerleading a leader wearing your favorite jersey. Being a “republican president fan” is being gullible like the libs.
All we can do is think, wait, watch, and pray.
New American has one
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3542390/posts
That’s not all he’s killing and you damn well know it.
And thus far, they're winning.
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