08-11-2017, 09:34 AM
(08-11-2017, 02:52 AM)BFritz21 Wrote:
I don't love war and death, but I do love putting our foot up people's asses when they threaten our safety and the safety of others.
I love taking a stand and not just waiting for something bad to happen.
Republicans love putting a figurative boot in some other country's ass as long as it doesn't literally involve their boots on the ground. It's their porn.
Quote:Really? Trump attacked a base that had launched a chemical weapons attack on civilians, and you're criticizing it?
It was both a tactical and strategic failure. They had advanced warning so the mission was compromised before it began. The airfield was up and running again in less than 24 hours. It didn't stop future chemical attacks or other violations of the law of warfare (e.g. bombing a hospital killing civilian healthcare providers.) The missile strike killed part of the civilian population the missile strike was allegedly meant to protect. The missile strike violated the UN resolution imposing sanctions against Syria for using chemical weapons. By violating the same international law which imposed the sanctions against Syria, the US weakened its own ability to enforce those sanctions against Syria in the future. The US further strained an already tenuous situation.
It amounted to nothing more than an expensive publicity stunt for Trump and a temporary halt to his declining approval rating.
Quote:Even liberals said he did the right thing.
You mean those people who you claim are idiots? Just because some people say one thing you agree with doesn't make them correct.
