Posted on 04/06/2017 7:17:47 PM PDT by Ray76
Firstly, there is no hysteria on my part.
Secondly, your rhetoric is disingenuous. For example, you allege that I would “prefer a declaration of war so things could really get geared up and escalated”. I have said nothing of the sort. Like your allegation of hysteria, your rhetoric is baseless nonsense.
Thirdly, violating the clear terms of the Constitution is hardly a “semantic consideration”.
“...There is no imminent threat to the US...”
And you know this how???
The Constitution was not violated...
President Trump did NOT declare war...
President Trump ordered a military operation as his role of Commander in Chief of military forces dictates...
As the Constitution says, only Congress can declare war...
War is NOT declared every single time a military action or operation is required...
To think this is ludicrous.....
The lying clown cruzcubnadian means even less to me! Sorry, I had to one up you.
Syria claims that when their aircraft bombed the ISIS held town of Khan Sheikhoun a bomb struck an arsenal, that the chemicals are from the arsenal and not from their bomb. Chlorine is the chemical agent suspected.
Is this claim plausible?
In February, 2016, then CIA director John Brennan stated during a “60 Minutes” interview, “We have a number of instances where ISIL has used chemical munitions on the battlefield.” “The CIA believes that ISIS has the ability to manufacture small quantities of chlorine and mustard gas.” http://www.cbsnews.com/news/cia-director-john-brennan-60-minutes-scott-pelley/
In November, 2016, The New York Times wrote, “The Islamic State has used chemical weapons, including chlorine and sulfur mustard agents, at least 52 times on the battlefield in Syria and Iraq since it swept to power in 2014, according to a new independent analysis.” https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/21/world/middleeast/isis-chemical-weapons-syria-iraq-mosul.html
October, 2014, The Washington Post reports, “chlorine gas against Iraqi security forces”. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/islamic-state-militants-allegedly-used-chlorine-gas-against-iraqi-security-forces/2014/10/23/c865c943-1c93-4ac0-a7ed-033218f15cbb_story.html
July, 2015, The New York Times reports, “ISIS Has Fired Chemical Mortar Shells”, “The Islamic State appears to have manufactured rudimentary chemical warfare shells” https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/18/world/middleeast/islamic-state-isis-chemical-weapons-iraq-syria.html
September, 2016, Fox News reports, “ISIS believed to have attacked US base in Iraq with chemical agent” http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/09/21/isis-may-have-attacked-us-base-in-iraq-with-chemical-agent.html
The US government believes ISIS possesses and can manufacture chemical weapons, including chlorine. There are reports over the past several years of ISIS using of chemical weapons.
Is there a doubt that ISIS would store or manufacture chemical weapons or their precursors among civilians? ISIS puts people in cages and sets them on fire, hangs people by their limbs and roasts them alive, beheads people, sometimes in mass-beheadings. There is no doubt that ISIS would not hesitate.
The US says it has tracked a Syrian plane from Shayrat Airfield to Khan Sheikoun, and back to Shayrat Airfield. Syria does not dispute this. It does not prove Syria delivered a chemical weapon.
I am not saying Syria did or did not drop chemical munitions, only that Syria’s claim appears plausible.
Their capabilities and their statements.
If there was a threat why are we not prepared for retaliation?
Get a grip moron. We tracked the planes on AWACS, we saw them drop ordinance, return to base, witnesses on the ground confirmed it was a gas attack, confirmed by Red Cross, Crescent docs at hospitals.
This attack does not constitute a war. Putin and Assad were both testing how far they can go with Trump. They got their answer.
They also are bringing their bigger, faster and better cruise missiles, the kaliper, to the party. Murphy’s law!! see Drudge headline!!
You have no idea what Trump knows and doesn’t know.
But you’re right that through this action he sent a strong message to the world’s tyrants thereby setting himself up as the leader of the free world.
But you’re right that through this action he sent a strong message to the world’s tyrants thereby setting himself up as the leader of the free world.
Very true, I have no idea.
However, given the he circumstances, time lines and the swiftness of the response, it hard to see how even Donald Trump had certain and definitive proof of Syrian capability in a purported poison gas attack.
All indications point to this being a case where the stars aligned to provide a pretext and serendipitous opportunity for Trump to achieve multiple foreign policy objectives with little or no risk for events spinning out of control or widening a conflict.
The way things are shaking out today seem to confirm, at least in part, some of the potential motivations for the strike that have nothing to with Assad or poison gas.
Get a grip moron. We tracked the planes on AWACS, we saw them drop ordinance, return to base, witnesses on the ground confirmed it was a gas attack, confirmed by Red Cross, Crescent docs at hospitals.>>> “we” meaning the same people that proved the other WMD in Iraq. Where is the link to that documentation. thanks for the new classification. and maybe the cans they dropped the bombs on at the isis site had gas in them. or better yet. the people lined up for dead display had sarin gas residue all over them and sarin being effective for several days months and can be skin contact transmitted, and they were treating people/kids with masks in the hospital for what purpose. too soon to little information on what actually happened as is proven by your scarce and unsubstantiated spook info. spooks won this one until i see evidence. can you also supply more names for some more names for me. works every time.
Don’t like this, but at least he was decisive and will give him the benefit of the doubt. He must know for a fact Syria dropped those bombs of gas.>>> I never doubted his decisiveness. I hope he has the facts. And he should have been forthcoming rather than stating pictures of dead kids that where most likely christians killed by isis. And trump doesn’t freeking even know where the pictures where from. white helmets work for soros. i am pissed. I’m not taking this out on you. Assad was winning. there is no reason for him to use gas, etc. and why does trump not give out the evidence. Showmanship? killed 5-6 people? arrrgggeeeeeh. Are you the tom bray who had a philly talk show?
Get a grip moron. We tracked the planes on AWACS, we saw them drop ordinance, return to base, witnesses on the ground confirmed it was a gas attack, confirmed by Red Cross, Crescent docs at hospitals.>>> well show me the documentation for what your are asserting.... or who is the we other than the mouse in your pocket. just sayin.
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