U.S. Attacks Syria

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(04-16-2018, 12:27 PM)GMDino Wrote: I'm trying to keep an open mind about this.  A response WAS needed and we had the support of our allies, so I can't fault that part of it.

If Trump was a different person who understood the need for clear statements and diplomacy he would have released a statement that said something along the following after the bombings:

"As part of a coalition with our allies in Great Britain and France the US took place in a bombing of strategic locations meant to destroy Assad and Syrian ability to have anymore horrible chemical attacks on their own people.  The operation was a complete success within the scope of what we decided must be done and the message that it sent.

Thank you to the brave men and women of every country who lead this mission to defend the Syrian people from such heinous actions as these chemical attacks."

Instead he tweets "Mission Accomplished".  With no follow up other than to double down and say it is a "great military term" that "should be used more often".

He's no leader of people, that's for sure.

But the mission itself was a good idea that seems to have been executed properly too.  Hopefully there are no further repercussions and no need to go further.  Also, hopefully, the targets were indeed what we thought they were and it's not another situation where we bomb an empty airstip that is up and running a few days later.

War is hell.

Really? President Trump went on National TV (most stations preempted programming) and explained everything you just said at 9 p.m. Friday night as the strikes began. Then he directed the Pentagon to have a press conference at 10 p.m.

You can't tweet a 10 minute speech, but WTH in an age of easy to find info some are just too lazy or does not fit their narrative to bash our president to deliver factual and complete info.