Posted on 10/18/2019 10:11:11 AM PDT by gattaca
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congress slammed President Trump for not doing more about the situation in Syria. They said the situation over there is really bad but quickly clarified that it wasn't bad enough for them to use their constitutional powers to declare war.
The House condemned Trump's withdrawal from Syria, lamenting the fact that there was nothing they could do under the Constitution to send more troops over, like declare war or something.
Republicans and Democrats crossed the aisle in the Senate to slam the withdrawal, saying the grim, tragic situation over there was "devastating" but "not quite devastating enough for us to actually do something about it."
"It's really bad over there and Trump is really evil for not sending more troops and fighting Turkey," said Senator Mitt Romney. "I mean, just to clarify, it's not bad enough for Congress to actually do its job and declare war. But still, it's pretty bad."
"Did I mention Trump is evil?"
“...declare war or something.”
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Satire is great for illustrating absurdity sometimes. Hipocrisy becomes so normalized that you need comedy like this to expose it.
Congress doesn’t care about kurds in northern syria any more than they care hondurans facing oppression in central america (until they get across the border and can be exploited for domestic politics).
These hawk senators are like loser gamblers in Vegas. They have already lost a lot but don’t want to leave until they win their money back. Trump looks at the situation and tells them to go home and cut their losses.
I’m working with the USAF right now helping with some flight test stuff. Had the opportunity to talk to a couple of Squadron Commanders over the weekend and they mentioned that they have been involved in a “war” since they got out of flight school post 9/11 2001. I hadn’t thought about it like that (I am older). Food for thought.
The Turkish Hordes are getting their butts kicked ?
Sometimes the Babylon Bee is hardly satire.
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