Donald Trump's Syria Strike: An Unconstitutional Declaration of War

National Review ^ | April 11, 2017 | Michael Stokes Paulsen

[DoughtyOne]

We will not be able to “fix” things everywhere, and it’s not my perception that we can or should try.

If we are near the location of a “war crimes” level violation and can discourage it without the loss of life or limb of our service members, I think we should do it.

Assad’s own former general in charge of Syria’s chemical weapons stated Assad order him to use the three times in 2013. He also stated Assad would never let them go.

Assad evidently uses them from time to time. Granted it’s not tens of thousands or thousands used, but if we can move him away from using them, I don’t know how we don’t do it morally.

As for other places in the world, the circumstances would have to be quite compelling, and it would need to involve the international community for us to take action.

I don’t think the circumstances in Syria would always lend themselves to the U.S. taking actions either. If Russian ships were there, the risk would be too high.

The situation called for it, the circumstances were right, we took action.

We may not next time, but we’re doing our best to help the population.

I understand where you are coming from. I don’t disagree with you in total