I am saying we apply the same standard to Trump's actions in the Presidency as in his advocacy for birtherism. In other words we should be way past the "fool me twice, same on me" by several orders of magnitude.
I am saying we apply the same standard to Trump's actions in the Presidency as in his advocacy for birtherism. In other words we should be way past the "fool me twice, same on me" by several orders of magnitude.
I'm not sure what your point is. I was surprised by ivwshane saying "old news", and responded with the only similar thing I had heard lately. In my second paragraph (and perhaps I didn't make this obvious enough) I was referring to the actual news based on quotes from the Pentagon spokesman, and you're talking about conspiracy theories?
either way, it's interesting that Trump's purported (self-proclaimed) genius with "doing military" was that you don't tell people stuff. You don't announce things. You just do it. Don't tell them your where you are going, and what you are going to attack! Obama is teh dumb! ....so this "sudden secret attack" that Trump ordered in an instant.
Yeah, he kept it secret. From Congress. But not from his targets:
"Ring-a-ding-ding Vlady and Assadalina! Big boom boom sticks coming your way! You got about 30 minutes to haul ass and, you're welcome!"
what a fuckwad.
So much for Trump keeping secrets and not telling anyone where we are going to attack.
Such a beta move.
One last time.
Obama had the tendency to say as a matter of policy to annouce what was and was not on the table. That is completely different from letting the Russians know we have not declared war on them. Did anyone know we were going to attack the airbase or anything? Not until the last minute.
Stop with politics dislike or like for Presidents people or else reality will be utterly incomprehensible.
so, you agree that Trump has utterly failed in being the strong "military man" at least, as Americuns should see him, right? He warned them about what he was doing, which is a complete 180 from his claimed genius militariness--a large part of what presumably got his fans all wet to vote for him.
I'm not talking about sound policy/strategy of not starting a war against your frenemies, but of Trump's continued two-faced, non-thinking, poop before you drop your pants personae.
You can stop scratching, there isn't one. In fact lobbing missiles into Syria was illegal. Obama tried to do it the right way. Follow the Constitution, go to Congress. Republicans refused. Now most of them are all rah-rah we now have Reagan 2.His dog is quite serious right now.
But me? I'm still scratching my head over the "national security" claim behind this.
Strategery.
Yeah, especially since Trump has repeatedly said America first and that Syria wasn't our business and we wouldn't get involved.
What are the US interests in Syria and why does it make sense to get involved? I must say it seems irrational to act now. How about we stop getting involved in foreign wars that don't align with our interests.
Yeah, using chemical weapons is bad, and the world shouldn't shrug its shoulders at it. But in the context of Assad's war against his own people, only the 'chemical weapons' part stands out; the 'killing lots of people, including children' part doesn't. So why now, indeed?
Unfortunately, the answer is clear: we've put our cable-TV-watching grandpa in charge of our armed forces, and this bit of cable news has caught grandpa's attention. That's all.
And Syria...there are no good guys and bad guys, just horrible guys and even worse guys. It's a tragedy that this war wrecks the lives of ordinary people who just want to get on with making a living and raising their kids. But without god-like powers, there really isn't much we can do for them.
All we can really do is drop bombs that will kill bad guys and noncombatants alike, and supply small arms to one group or another of bad guys that will just keep the fighting going longer.
There's a lot of good the U.S. can accomplish in the world. But there's a time to recognize our limitations as well. We can't rescue the people of Syria, and there's nothing constructive we can accomplish there. The same is almost certainly true of Yemen. Getting involved in these places serves no national interest that I can see. So let's stay the hell out of there.
You can stop scratching, there isn't one. In fact lobbing missiles into Syria was illegal. Obama tried to do it the right way. Follow the Constitution, go to Congress. Republicans refused. Now most of them are all rah-rah we now have Reagan 2.
Without a follow up plan the only thing we managed is a fireworks show. An expensive show.
Oh, here we go:
US aircraft carrier-led strike group headed towards Korean Peninsula
Well, they will change course, stop, or run aground.So what is going to happen?
either way, it's interesting that Trump's purported (self-proclaimed) genius with "doing military" was that you don't tell people stuff. You don't announce things. You just do it. Don't tell them your where you are going, and what you are going to attack! Obama is teh dumb! ....so this "sudden secret attack" that Trump ordered in an instant.
Yeah, he kept it secret. From Congress. But not from his targets:
"Ring-a-ding-ding Vlady and Assadalina! Big boom boom sticks coming your way! You got about 30 minutes to haul ass and, you're welcome!"
what a fuckwad.
You can stop scratching, there isn't one. In fact lobbing missiles into Syria was illegal. Obama tried to do it the right way. Follow the Constitution, go to Congress. Republicans refused. Now most of them are all rah-rah we now have Reagan 2.
Without a follow up plan the only thing we managed is a fireworks show. An expensive show.
You simply do not understand strategic response. The first thing you fly to is conspiracy without any basis except for attacking a perfectly rational action on the part of the US. You labled this "War and retaliation". That would be the most stupid thing to do since Iraq. Further if there were conspiracy it would be the stupid beyond Trump and remember Mattis is in the mix and a couple other very good people. All that damage that didn't happen would have if Putin were complicit because he doesn't give a fuck about Syrians. This would have the qualities you insist are missing like a lot of blood.
I'll translate.
Red line drawn by Obama. Assad crosses it and nothing happens. Obama is full of shit, or so Assad assumes.
Trump elected and being another American he'll rant and rave and ignore Assad. If Trump responds then Assad knows that he is at risk.
Diplomacy, not war. A message not bodies and it makes perfect sense. Trump now has "talked" to Syria.
Now if Assad ignores the warning then watch what happens. If nothing more substantial happens in terms of US response then we'll look at it then.
But willfully killing Russians? What kind of drugs does it take to want that? That's real shit right there. I'll be damned if I want that. YMMV
If he hadn't and those bombs killed some Russian pilots, the world today would have changed in a way that is way worse than possibly anything in our lifetime. Intentionally targeting an airfield filled with Russians is an ACT OF UNPROVOKED WAR against a nuclear armed nation.
Trump deserves condemnation for the attack. Nobody sane with a reasonable will to live should be criticizing Trump for warning the Russians.
Yea I mentioned that earlier. I believe it also violated international law. It is pretty scary when you think about it. One man can unilaterally attack any sovereign nation on the planet and apparently nobody will attempt to hold him accountable.
If he hadn't and those bombs killed some Russian pilots, the world today would have changed in a way that is way worse than possibly anything in our lifetime. Intentionally targeting an airfield filled with Russians is an ACT OF UNPROVOKED WAR against a nuclear armed nation.
Trump deserves condemnation for the attack. Nobody sane with a reasonable will to live should be criticizing Trump for warning the Russians.
Oh, here we go:
US aircraft carrier-led strike group headed towards Korean Peninsula
The reason you don't generally hit runways is that they are easy and inexpensive to quickly fix (fill in and top)!