50+ Cruise Missiles just launched and hit Syria

[ApatheticAustrian]

Big moment just now at the UN...

Nikki Haley: The US "took a measured step last night. We are prepared to do more"
https://twitter.com/AmandaWills/status/850398817904152576

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

Big moment just now at the UN...

Nikki Haley: The US "took a measured step last night. We are prepared to do more"
https://twitter.com/AmandaWills/status/850398817904152576

OF COURSE.

[Dr. Arch]

Sen. Lindsey Graham says he supports putting 5,000-7,000 American troops in the ground in Syria to help take down Assad.
https://twitter.com/pdmcleod/status/850380623709655041

Ughhhh please no

[Crumpets]

Sen. Lindsey Graham says he supports putting 5,000-7,000 American troops in the ground in Syria to help take down Assad.
https://twitter.com/pdmcleod/status/850380623709655041

Ughhhh please no

Don't worry. I'm sure we'll be greeted as liberators!

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Graham is dreaming.  Not going to happen.  We may lob a few dozen more missiles but not troops.

[Joe Biden is your president. Deal with it.]

Is world war 3 gonna happen or not? Sorry just full of fear and anxiety now.

[The Other Castro]

Is world war 3 gonna happen or not? Sorry just full of fear and anxiety now.

No, but on the bright side it would be a very short war.

[ApatheticAustrian]

as i  predicted yesterday,
https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=261970.msg5598725#msg5598725
 frum is not joining the chorus of approving neocons willingly.


Seven Lessons From Trump's Syria Strike
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/04/seven-lessons-from-trumps-syria-strike/522327/


https://twitter.com/davidfrum/status/850382865212854272

[Shadows]

Rubio said, "We need to now move forward through a combination of diplomacy and, quite frankly, the support of groups on ground, particularly non-jihadist Sunni groups, to create alternatives to the Assad regime."

Little Marco wants more ground troops & regime change fast. He was elated & was going to have an oragasm every few minutes while talking about the "great" actions of Big Don !

Let's go McCain, Graham & Rubio ! Throw out Assad asap & hopefully the next Al Qaeda/ISIS coalition government president of Syria will turn to be a good person & not like Laden !

[Gass3268]

This is not a positive:

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[Santander]

This is not a positive:

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They still have the NORAD/Russia flight radio communications protocols to fall back on.

[Dr. Arch]

This is not a positive:

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"But Hillary will be reckless because of how hawkish she is. She will escalate relations with Russia and lead us to WWIII!"

[Hermit For Peace]

Sen. Lindsey Graham says he supports putting 5,000-7,000 American troops in the ground in Syria to help take down Assad.
https://twitter.com/pdmcleod/status/850380623709655041

Ughhhh please no

Poor Arch. You've been dragged and screaming into this mess. You obviously abhor war. So my question to you is, what would you do about Assad using chemical weapons on his own people, murdering them for what purpose? When does the atrocity stop? And who has the capability of stopping it? Or what should be done in this situation?

[Santander]

Sen. Lindsey Graham says he supports putting 5,000-7,000 American troops in the ground in Syria to help take down Assad.
https://twitter.com/pdmcleod/status/850380623709655041

This is the foreign policy equivalent of just the tip.

[ApatheticAustrian]

Medwedev says US-Russia relations are COMPLETELY RUINED.

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[Mr. Reactionary]

The Trump administration is turning into a third fifth term of George W Bush

[Dr. Arch]

Sen. Lindsey Graham says he supports putting 5,000-7,000 American troops in the ground in Syria to help take down Assad.
https://twitter.com/pdmcleod/status/850380623709655041

Ughhhh please no

Poor Arch. You've been dragged and screaming into this mess. You obviously abhor war. So my question to you is, what would you do about Assad using chemical weapons on his own people, murdering them for what purpose? When does the atrocity stop? And who has the capability of stopping it? Or what should be done in this situation?

Coordinate with other countries for a tactical and organized attack on multiple fronts to places that actually hurts Assad. Engage in a strategic move of resource attrition or send in special task forces to do the work that millions of dollars in artillery didn't do.

OR, establish relief efforts, helping citizens escape the regime and opening up the country to accept refugees.

I'm not even experienced with the military, but I can already tell where this is going based on what happened in Iraq and other foreign entanglements in the Middle East. This was a rash decision that was only meant to escalate American military activity in Syria. It's repeating all of the same mistakes we committed in Iraq all over again. One exception, you poor bloodthirsty soul, is that the man at the helm now is even more unstable and inexperienced than the one back then, which exacerbates the potential danger of an economic and international fallout scenario.

[ApatheticAustrian]

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https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/850425431899680768

well-spent 5x million dollar.

[Hermit For Peace]

Sen. Lindsey Graham says he supports putting 5,000-7,000 American troops in the ground in Syria to help take down Assad.
https://twitter.com/pdmcleod/status/850380623709655041

Ughhhh please no

Poor Arch. You've been dragged and screaming into this mess. You obviously abhor war. So my question to you is, what would you do about Assad using chemical weapons on his own people, murdering them for what purpose? When does the atrocity stop? And who has the capability of stopping it? Or what should be done in this situation?

Coordinate with other countries for a tactical and organized attack on multiple fronts to places that actually hurts Assad. Engage in a strategic move of resource attrition or send in special task forces to do the work that millions of dollars in artillery didn't do.

OR, establish relief efforts, helping citizens escape the regime and opening up the country to accept refugees.

I'm not even experienced with the military, but I can already tell where this is going based on what happened in Iraq and other foreign entanglements in the Middle East. This was a rash decision that was only meant to escalate American military activity in Syria. It's repeating all of the same mistakes we committed in Iraq all over again. One exception, you poor bloodthirsty soul, is that the man at the helm now is even more unstable and inexperienced than the one back then, which exacerbates the potential danger of an economic and international fallout scenario.

I like your ideas. They would probably work well, if we had the kind of leadership that would buy into them.

Of course you know that Trump is a total "reactor" to events. What you are proposing would take quite some time to get up and running and Trump doesn't have the patience for it. Also, he has a total short attention span, so seems to me that the prospect of a long war like Iraq or Afghanistan etc. is slim. Trump just isn't interested in long-term thinking. And as for refugees, you are talking about a President who is trying to ban them or cut their numbers significantly from entering our country.

Just a question for you, what do you think should be done to schoolyard bullies? What is your opinion on how we should deal with bullying?

[rosin]

Is world war 3 gonna happen or not? Sorry just full of fear and anxiety now.

Nah, I doubt it will be because of this. But don't worry - there is still more than 3½ years back of Trump's presidency, so there is plenty of time for him to make some stupid mistake that starts the war.

[Hindsight was 2020]

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Could you imagine the "failed leadership" tp that would be hammered over an over again if this was a dem?

[Dr. Arch]

Sen. Lindsey Graham says he supports putting 5,000-7,000 American troops in the ground in Syria to help take down Assad.
https://twitter.com/pdmcleod/status/850380623709655041

Ughhhh please no

Poor Arch. You've been dragged and screaming into this mess. You obviously abhor war. So my question to you is, what would you do about Assad using chemical weapons on his own people, murdering them for what purpose? When does the atrocity stop? And who has the capability of stopping it? Or what should be done in this situation?

Coordinate with other countries for a tactical and organized attack on multiple fronts to places that actually hurts Assad. Engage in a strategic move of resource attrition or send in special task forces to do the work that millions of dollars in artillery didn't do.

OR, establish relief efforts, helping citizens escape the regime and opening up the country to accept refugees.

I'm not even experienced with the military, but I can already tell where this is going based on what happened in Iraq and other foreign entanglements in the Middle East. This was a rash decision that was only meant to escalate American military activity in Syria. It's repeating all of the same mistakes we committed in Iraq all over again. One exception, you poor bloodthirsty soul, is that the man at the helm now is even more unstable and inexperienced than the one back then, which exacerbates the potential danger of an economic and international fallout scenario.

I like your ideas. They would probably work well, if we had the king of leadership that would buy into them.

Of course you know that Trump is a total "reactor" to events. What you are proposing would take quite some time to get up and running and Trump doesn't have the patience for it. Also, he has a total short attention span, so seems to me that the prospect of a long war like Iraq or Afghanistan etc. is slim. Trump just isn't interested in long-term thinking. And as for refugees, you are talking about a President who is trying to ban them or cut their numbers significantly from entering our country.

Just a question for you, what do you think should be done to schoolyard bullies? What is your opinion on how we should deal with bullying?

We can start by not electing them to office.

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https://twitter.com/jaketapper/status/850442312224210944


oh-oh.

[DavidB.]

Finally something Trump did I wholeheartedly agree with.

[Silent Hunter]

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Could you imagine the "failed leadership" tp that would be hammered over an over again if this was a dem?

They didn't go after the runway; a Tomahawk isn't much good for that - they went after the Hardened Aircraft Shelters. Those are probably badly damaged and whatever was in them wrecked.