“IMHO: It’s what Eisenhower would have done. Ike was truly a peace monger.”
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I agree. Just take out facilities, without killing human beings.
I remember when we were talking about the neutron bomb. It would be amazing if we could develop a weapon that just targeted substances like cement, bricks, steel, etc., but spared organic substances like human bodies. That would truly be amazing.
I am far from convinced that there was a chemical weapons attack or if there was one, that Assad launched it.
That being said, I am also far from convinced that this attack on an air base will have any long-term impact on the Assad government.
Therefore this is a non-event and unless somebody retaliates, it means nothing.
As to it signalling U.S. strength to China and North Korea, that was already in place on January 20th and this changes nothing. Why else would North Korea not launch nukes at various targets? Everyone knows they want to, they’re just afraid of being wiped off the face of the earth. Which they would be, no matter how weak or strong our position in Syria appears. So what’s the point of this? Somebody makes money replacing those 59 cruise missiles. That’s the only real point.