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« on: April 07, 2017, 11:21:35 AM »

Say Hillary is president now, the chemical attack in Syria still happens. Would she ordered a strike on Syria? I believe she would of but probably would of went through congress first.
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« Reply #1 on: April 07, 2017, 11:27:17 AM »

Yes, she would have ordered the strike.
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« Reply #2 on: April 07, 2017, 11:55:35 AM »

Yes of course, lol she would not have gone to Congress.
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« Reply #3 on: April 07, 2017, 11:56:02 AM »
« Edited: April 07, 2017, 12:30:13 PM by Chairman (with limited role) of the 2020 Trump campaign »

It's possible. But certainly not in the same manner Trump did.

What we had now was a typically impulsive Trump gut reaction. For years, Trump had argued that Assad should be left alone. Then he saw pictures of those poor Syrian children on CNN and decided to bomb him on the spur of the moment.
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« Reply #4 on: April 07, 2017, 11:57:32 AM »

Yes, however I doubt Assad would have used chemical weapons with Clinton in office.
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« Reply #5 on: April 07, 2017, 11:57:35 AM »

   Possibly, but perhaps waiting for more action in the UN, or in congress.
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« Reply #6 on: April 07, 2017, 12:03:19 PM »

2013 TOTALLY...2017? in that way? not totally sure.

much more messy today.
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« Reply #7 on: April 07, 2017, 12:50:04 PM »

Yes, however I doubt Assad would have used chemical weapons with Clinton in office.

Why? He had no problems in using them with Obama as President
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« Reply #8 on: April 07, 2017, 12:51:48 PM »

It's possible. But certainly not in the same manner Trump did.

What we had now was a typically impulsive Trump gut reaction. For years, Trump had argued that Assad should be left alone. Then he saw pictures of those poor Syrian children on CNN and decided to bomb him on the spur of the moment.

Trump doesn't give a f**k. He needed a make some posturing to appease the neocons and show he's not too close to Putin.
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« Reply #9 on: April 07, 2017, 12:58:51 PM »

Yes, however I doubt Assad would have used chemical weapons with Clinton in office.

Why? He had no problems in using them with Obama as President
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« Reply #10 on: April 07, 2017, 12:59:45 PM »

She would have been as bad as Trump on this, yes.
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« Reply #11 on: April 07, 2017, 01:08:04 PM »

Yes, however I doubt Assad would have used chemical weapons with Clinton in office.

Why? He had no problems in using them with Obama as President

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Made Assad test the waters to see if the US would react to the deployment of chemical weapons.
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« Reply #12 on: April 07, 2017, 01:15:21 PM »

Probably because this:
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Made Assad test the waters and see if the US would react to a chemical attack.
I have no doubt Assad use chemical weapons if he deemed it strategically beneficial, but I refuse to believe that he's so stupid that he would have made such a miscalculation like the one you describe.
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« Reply #13 on: April 07, 2017, 01:49:28 PM »

Which war does HRC not support & then apologize later for the mess? I am President Clinton will sing praises of the  Coalition Government supposed moderate President of the alliance of Al Qaeda & ISIS in Syria till that guy turns out to be a total rogue !
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« Reply #14 on: April 07, 2017, 02:06:30 PM »

Probably because this:
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Made Assad test the waters and see if the US would react to a chemical attack.
I have no doubt Assad use chemical weapons if he deemed it strategically beneficial, but I refuse to believe that he's so stupid that he would have made such a miscalculation like the one you describe.
Miscalculation? He's only had a runway damaged and a few men die. Assad wanted to test to see if Trump was indeed letting Syria go, and it turned out, Trump wasn't.

He still has the support of Russia and a strong hand strategically. Nothing has changed.
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« Reply #15 on: April 07, 2017, 02:24:08 PM »

with more contemplation and preparation.
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« Reply #16 on: April 07, 2017, 02:39:08 PM »

with more contemplation and preparation.

This. I doubt I would agree with that either, unless it was less wasteful and well-executed.
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« Reply #17 on: April 07, 2017, 03:49:29 PM »

Yes absolutely she said so herself and she may have gone even further.
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« Reply #18 on: April 07, 2017, 03:55:24 PM »

Yes, however I doubt Assad would have used chemical weapons with Clinton in office.
Exactly this.
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« Reply #19 on: April 07, 2017, 04:56:44 PM »

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« Reply #20 on: April 07, 2017, 05:01:47 PM »

My guess is that she would not have waited as long as Trump. She wants a regime change in Syria a lot more than Trump does.
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« Reply #21 on: April 07, 2017, 05:32:09 PM »

Probably because this:
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Made Assad test the waters and see if the US would react to a chemical attack.
I have no doubt Assad use chemical weapons if he deemed it strategically beneficial, but I refuse to believe that he's so stupid that he would have made such a miscalculation like the one you describe.
It's nowhere near as bad a miscalculation as was made by Saddam when Ambassador Glaspie said the U.S. had no interests in Arab-Arab conflicts.
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« Reply #22 on: April 07, 2017, 05:43:57 PM »

My guess is that she would not have waited as long as Trump. She wants a regime change in Syria a lot more than Trump does.
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« Reply #23 on: April 07, 2017, 05:46:49 PM »

Yes, it would have been a larger strike as well. However, Assad wouldnt be stupid to try using it with her
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« Reply #24 on: April 07, 2017, 06:03:19 PM »

Yes, she would likely have done exactly the same thing Trump did.
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