04-07-2017, 04:22 AM
Arrest Trump for violating war powers?
Back in 2001, Congress authorized use of force against Al Qaeda in the aftermath of September 11th. Obama stretched that somewhat declaring ISIS was an offshoot of Al Qaeda, thus he didn't go back to Congress before focusing on them. Trump? Now, I don't like either Assad's Syria nor Al Qaeda, but does anyone believe that Assad's Syria is an offshoot of Al Qaeda? Does Trump think the old 2001 declaration turned the Middle East into a free fire zone? If anyone does anything Trump doesn't like, start throwing missiles around?
I've always thought that in politics Trump was a shoot from the hip sort of guy. If anyone says anything he doesn't like, he'll open up a Twitter attack promptly enough. He also has talked a tough game about using the military. He allegedly knows the Middle East better than the generals, and thought Obama not aggressive enough in using force in the region. I've sort of expected and still expect him to use force often and intuitively.
Still, the airport air strike doesn't seem too horrible a move. No boots were put on the ground. That's less invitation to a quagmire. Assad's bombing of civilians is a deplorable tactic. As aircraft don't come cheap, the airport strike might make Assad somewhat less inclined to use that particular form of terror. Russia apparently didn't try to use their air defense systems to defend the Syrian airbase, but they're still making noise on the diplomatic and public relations front. Apparently, launching missiles against a military base is a big no no, but gassing civilians is OK.
It's interesting that Hillary called to attack Assad's air capability a day before Trump did it.
Back in 2001, Congress authorized use of force against Al Qaeda in the aftermath of September 11th. Obama stretched that somewhat declaring ISIS was an offshoot of Al Qaeda, thus he didn't go back to Congress before focusing on them. Trump? Now, I don't like either Assad's Syria nor Al Qaeda, but does anyone believe that Assad's Syria is an offshoot of Al Qaeda? Does Trump think the old 2001 declaration turned the Middle East into a free fire zone? If anyone does anything Trump doesn't like, start throwing missiles around?
I've always thought that in politics Trump was a shoot from the hip sort of guy. If anyone says anything he doesn't like, he'll open up a Twitter attack promptly enough. He also has talked a tough game about using the military. He allegedly knows the Middle East better than the generals, and thought Obama not aggressive enough in using force in the region. I've sort of expected and still expect him to use force often and intuitively.
Still, the airport air strike doesn't seem too horrible a move. No boots were put on the ground. That's less invitation to a quagmire. Assad's bombing of civilians is a deplorable tactic. As aircraft don't come cheap, the airport strike might make Assad somewhat less inclined to use that particular form of terror. Russia apparently didn't try to use their air defense systems to defend the Syrian airbase, but they're still making noise on the diplomatic and public relations front. Apparently, launching missiles against a military base is a big no no, but gassing civilians is OK.
It's interesting that Hillary called to attack Assad's air capability a day before Trump did it.
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