Wag the dog? Trump lobs 60 cruise missiles into Syria

Targeted base where chemical weapons strike may have initiated.

I agree with this BTW.

Yeah, this probably needed to be done. Assad would just keep pushing the envelope if not. Hopefully Chunks over in North Korea gets the message too.

Glad to see lots of unity behind the move, except for Russia. Meh.

Your son-in-law fails to list his meetings with Russian financiers, 2 members of the West Wing staff shared material with a chairman of an investigation committee who then spoke to the President.  The US Senate changed rules to get your selection to SCOTUS with a vote scheduled less than 24 hours after the attack. All of that gets pushed off the front page.

Never let a crisis go to waste.  Russia was given a heads up so they had time to at least move personnel out of harms way.

Russia has what they needed from Assad.  A 49 year lease for Tartus naval installation on the Mediterranean that was signed in Jan '17.  Now it doesn't matter who's running Syria.

Seems like it was more about sending a message to Russia, Iran and China. Refreshing to have a leader project strength.

The_Dude wrote:Seems like it was more about sending a message to Russia, Iran and China. Refreshing to have a leader project strength.

As long as you ass is never on the line.
That's for volunteers while you fan flames to make yourself feel better.

Russian ship ls are steaming there to protect their facilities at Tartus from ISIS and other groups who aren't friendly towards Assad or Russia.

GRR Spartan wrote:

The_Dude wrote:Seems like it was more about sending a message to Russia, Iran and China. Refreshing to have a leader project strength.

As long as you ass is never on the line.
That's for volunteers while you fan flames to make yourself feel better.

Russian ship ls are steaming there to protect their facilities at Tartus from ISIS and other groups who aren't friendly towards Assad or Russia.

Goose says America is a better place today.

Waste of $60 million dollars.

Sent a message to Russia? The air strip was operational within hours and Syria is the same it is today as it was right before the strike.

steveschneider wrote:Waste of $60 million dollars.

Sent a message to Russia? The air strip was operational within hours and Syria is the same it is today as it was right before the strike.

Didn't you hear? It was "the moment he became president" and it was "like, so presidential"

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:

steveschneider wrote:Waste of $60 million dollars.

Sent a message to Russia? The air strip was operational within hours and Syria is the same it is today as it was right before the strike.

Didn't you hear? It was "the moment he became president" and it was "like, so presidential"

Cable news pundits lost their shit that night.

For the record, fuck Assad and I really do want Trump to be successful on this.