The mission was executed flawlessly, I'll concede, but I still oppose it. I'm worried that the President who said the new policy of the land is "America First" now suddenly is embracing internationalism because of media pressure. To me, that is the most frightening aspect of this, followed by the fact that Russian troops are also operating on the ground.
I largely agree with this. I don't see an upside to getting involved in this, other than poking a hornet's nest and ticking off Russia. There's no real benefit to us to justify the cost. If we absolutely need to be aggressive with anyone (and I'd really rather we'd not) It should be North Korea. That would be extremely costly, but at least there I believe it can be argued that NK poses or could pose a clear and present danger to us. Syria does not strike me as being at the same threat level.
I'd just rather we not go back to the Bush years, and seeing how all my least favorite people in the GOP have come out strongly in favor of these strikes, I don't really see the upside.
I remain unconvinced if it's good politics from Trump. He'll probably get something of a bump, but a lot of the true believers will at least be... demoralized. I glanced at Breitbart which tends to be nearly 100% lockstep with him and they're rather annoyed. Dangerous line he's walking here.
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