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Yes. Perhaps he knew that a single strike would prove worthless.... As this strike is proving...
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Obama didn't want the blame for another Libya-style debacle, so he looked to spread the accountability.
Yes. Was he wrong to try and gain support for a foreign war?
He was also following the constitution in doing so...
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A POTUS can take short-term action in defense of American interests. So, I disagree with Rand Paul here.
What American interest is served in this strike?
How different is the situation on the ground today than in 2013 when Congress and Trump were opposed?
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Was that the deal? Was Syria allowed to keep some? Did Kerry/Rice/Obama tell us ALL of the chemical weapons were gone? What was the verification regime?
The deal wasn't kept, by the Syrians or the Russians. Ultimately it failed but it kept chemical weapons out of play for almost three years. And it did deeply degrade Assads chemical stockpile...
It hasn't worked ultimately. But it was a worthwhile attempt.
How is one missile strike stacking up against this attempt?
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That's not what the Obama team promised.
Promised? Hoped for, more like.
Again, a worthwhile attempt that has saved lives perhaps. And certainly served to keep the US from being sucked into the Syrian quagmire for 4 years. You in favor of sending in 100,000 troops?
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If the US wanted to wipe out those air strips, we would have wiped them out. As for the long-term effect, it's hard to tell after two days.
Destroying all the air strips was Hillary's plan... You support her foreign policy?
And its not hard to tell after two days. The Syrians are already flying bombers out of the same air field to bomb the same town that they attacked with chemical weapons.
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So what? If he prays before Putin's statue every morning, that does not prove collusion.
Putin is guilty of many of the same war crimes that Assad is committing. (See Czechnya).
He murders journalists.
And yet Trump admires him.... What does that prove? You've elected an idiot.
And on an apparent whim he's spent at least $60 million to dust up a Syrian airfield because he got emotional. Something he apparently managed to avoid in 2013. (Maybe Fox news didn't show pictures of the gas victims in 2013?)
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Based on what information?
Who knows what Mr. Comey is finding. I suspect financial records and dealings will come to bear. Intercepted communications too. And eventually someone will decide to cooperate with his investigators rather than take the fall for lying to the FBI. (A crime in and of itself.) And then who knows how many of Trumps team are indicted? I have 8, in the office pool.
Why do you think Trump is wagging the dog right now?
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Some of it is "self-inspection." I'm sure the Iranians will be ruthless on themselves
Bull.
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/f ... ess-by-anyFate
You are not providing context. What did Obama ask for? How long did it take him to ask for it? Obama is the man who took months to announce a slight change in policy in Afghanistan. He was a ditherer of the first order.
The context is that Congress didn't support action in Syria. Meaning he couldn't back up his "red line" in any meaningful way. His mistake was expecting Congress to care about the fate of hundreds of Syrians being gassed in 2013.
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How many have died between then and now?
Plenty. Would you have landed 100,000 troops in Syria to intervene?
Congress didn't approve of any action..... so his hands were tied weren't they?
By Congress. (Mostly republicans)
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Who all but invited the Russians in?
Congress?
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Who cut a nuclear deal with Iran while allowing Iran to continue to support Assad with troops?
Germany, Britain, France, the EU, China, Russia and the US cut the deal.
Would you rather Iran had nuclear weapons now?
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Actually, many were more hawkish than Obama. Look it up
I did. And I provided you a link to the whipped count of who was oppossed. Most of Congress. Most of Republicans, except Boehner, Cantor and sme other senior leaders.
http://data.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/ ... -positionsFate
Obama drew a red line and then swallowed his tongue. Trump took action. In this case, Trump was right and Obama was wrong.
Obama sought congressional approval for sustained action and didn't get it.
Trump didn't bother asking for approval to ineffectively hurl 60 missiles at an airbase.
How does that make Trump right? What does he do next?
Trump is wagging the dog Fate. Hoping that this takes the focus off his Russian problem.
Maybe it will.
But he won't solve anything in Syria with those missiles.