Posted on 04/07/2017 10:21:17 AM PDT by Starman417
Last night Donald Trump ordered an attack on Syria. In less than 100 days, Trump has taken more action against Assad than obama did in eight years. The attack was appropriate, measured and proportional. It sent a message.
To Assad and to North Korea.
Trump did not have to set a red line and then walk away from it.
President Obama’s decision to hold off on military action against the Assad regime after signaling that it was on the cards in response to last summer’s chemical weapons attack made the U.S. “appear weak,” former CIA Director Gen. Michael Hayden said on Thursday.It seems the evidence was slam dunk. I watched retired Four Star general Jack Keane say we had military personnel on the ground who witnessed the aircraft drop the bomb and that we have radar tracking that traced the aircraft departure from and return to this targeted airfield. This is largely confirmed here.“My raw emotion, watching it from the outside, was just embarrassment,” he said.
“Sometimes the certainty of an action is far more powerful than the severity of an action,” Hayden told the Foundation for Defense of Democracies’ annual forum in Washington.
“We’ve made everything uncertain, which actually makes you appear weak at some times, but also then demands that when you want to appear strong, you may have to be overly severe to overcome the uncertainty. It’s just bad all around.”
Syrian fixed-wing aircraft dropped chemical weapons on civilians in Idlib earlier this week, two U.S. military officials told NBC News.And from the NY TimesThe U.S. military saw the aircraft on a radar and watched them drop the bombs, the officials said. The radar soon picked up the flashes and booms in the rebel-held area of Syria.
It remains intriguing that Syria was able to mount a chemical weapon attack as both John Kerry and barack obama assured us that all chemical weapons had been removed from Syria.Witnesses described how Tuesday’s attack unfolded. That morning, a network of observers was, as usual, tracking the skies to warn residents and rescuers of possible airstrikes. They spotted Syrian aircraft and sent out warnings on walkie-talkies.
Syrian Su-22 aircraft were then seen circling above Khan Sheikhoun at 6:47 a.m. and again at 6:51 a.m. One of the observers — based on long experience — believed that the planes might be carrying a chemical payload.
“Guys, tell people to wear masks,” he warned.
Earlier in the day Secretary of State Tillerson hinted at this:
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Thursday that “steps are underway” on an international coalition to pressure Bashar Assad from power, as President Trump was being briefed on military options for Syria – though what specific steps the U.S. and its allies might take in response to the latest deadly chemical weapons attack remained unclear.One wonders where the chemical agents originated. It was suggested that Saddam moved his WMD's to Syria- by Obama DNI James Clapper:America’s top diplomat addressed the Syria crisis a day after Trump declared in the Rose Garden that the chemical strike would not be tolerated. Tillerson pointedly said Russia should “consider carefully” its support for the Assad regime, while calling for an international effort to defeat ISIS in Syria, stabilize the country and ultimately work with partners through a political process that leads to Assad leaving power.
Asked if the U.S. would organize a coalition to remove Assad, Tillerson said: “Those steps are underway.”
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stop sending messages and defend our national security.
I bet at one point in your past you were a “NeverTrumper”.
I voted for Trump because he said he was going to wipe out ISIS.
He has just done the opposite.
Well at least we know ISIS won’t get their hands on those chemical weapons.
But, my posts do ... and its okay if you don't agree.
Methinks you will, in the fullness of time.
Enjoy the weekend!
Proof?
I think that’s just your opinion.
It’s even funnier because bombing Assad was totally unproductive, misguided, and helped terrorists.
Total idiocy.
Personally, I think it was a strategic move, and genius.
My opinion is you don’t have a clue who ISIS is, who backs them and who they are fighting.
Dr.John should stick to medicine.
Feelings mutual, darling.
Since you seem to know the answers, how's about sharing them with all of us. We seek to be enlightened by your wisdom.
Google and the internet are your friend.
If you claim to know facts that you use in your argument, but don’t share (saying I must go find the evidence myself) - you have lost the debate.
What debate?
Good, at least you admit it
Go back to your junior high school debating society.
Ah yes, the lame "guilt by association" ploy.
Even broken clocks are right twice a day. War hawks are always going to support military action, because that's what hawks do.
There are plenty of conservatives who aren't hawks who also support this action by the President.
If you want empty threats, you can wax nostalgic about the Obama administration and its phony "lines in the sand".
The President is leader of the free world, so you shouldn't be surprised when he shows leadership.
The President had every right to be skeptical of the intelligence community, after what's been going on. If he was convinced that Assad did this chemical attack, he must have been very confident of the truth of the matter.
I'm not going to second-guess the President's action. I'll leave that knee-jerk silliness to the armchair generals around here...
At least we kids could defend our facts, cite them even. Good luck with that!
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