07-05-2018, 11:56 AM
(07-05-2018, 11:35 AM)bfine32 Wrote: I'm going to try it one final time: Do you give President Trump credit for the coalition bombing of Syria?
I don't know why you say "one final time." This is the first time you have asked my opinion on the matter. All prior conversations about it have just been whether it is subjectively or objectively good or bad.
As to the matter itself, I have mixed feelings. I think that we needed to show Syria that their behavior won't be tolerated, and working with other countries to do it was necessary. Unilateral actions aren't good like that and just make us appear as a bully. However, I am concerned about the ability to take such an action. I side with Rand Paul and some others with regards to the overuse of the use of force authorization for the War on Terror. It was used by Bush, Obama, and now Trump to justify military actions that it was not intended to justify and I am of the opinion that the executive needs to be reined in with regards to that. So do I give him credit? I don't really assign him credit or blame for this one because I have a rather midland opinion.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
