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Trump's decision to launch the strikes, the most significant military action of his young presidency, came nearly four years after the US first concluded that Syrian forces had used chemical weapons in Syria.
The Obama administration concluded that Syria had violated the "red line" Obama had set a year earlier in discussing the use of chemical weapons, but ultimately decided against military action against Syria in favor of a Russian-brokered deal to extricate the country's chemical weapons stockpile.
Trump at the time said the US should "stay the hell out of Syria" and urged Obama on Twitter to "not attack Syria" in the wake of the 2013 chemical attack.
"There is no upside and tremendous downside. Save your 'powder' for another (and more important) day," he tweeted in September 2013.
This is precisely what Hillary Clinton had been longing to do for years. I didn't vote Trump, but I support Trump, largely because I thought he'd keep us out of this type of Hillary Clinton militarism. I also support Trump because I thought that unlike Obama, he wouldn't bypass congress & just start lobbing missiles at countries who never threatened us.
Why would you have possibly thought that?
Trump goes whichever way the wind blows. He has no spine.
He was pro-choice until it benefited him to be pro-life. He was for the Iraq war until it benefited him to be against the Iraq war. He supported Hillary Clinton until it benefited him to be against Hilary Clinton. And on, and on, and on...
The president has no belief system. He is a total reactionary. There is no thought process, just reaction.
What did people expect? Did they think he wants to build up the military for the fun of it? This makes him feel big and important. Sad!
It does not matter what he said during the campaign. This guy means nothing he says--many of us know that and said so. Those who did not believe that he is who he is are SOL. Can you hear us now?
You know, I never really understood what it meant for the younger generation to call their elders "reactionary," in one second, reading your post, I now fully understand it. And yes, it fits Trump perfectly.
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Oh don't get me wrong I hate us getting involved toppling dictators. But I also hate us being a wishy washy here's a line there's a line you can't cross crap too.
I don't care about political posturing and imaginary lines, the bottom line is it's NOT OUR FIGHT!
All my liberal FB friend this morning were upset Trump was all words but no action after seeing children dying from chemical weapons.
Now liberals here are upset?
I understand, they want the Obama doctrine of all talk. <smh>
They just want to hate Trump and it won't matter what he does. If it were Hillary lobbing missiles many of them would be happy she had such a large pair.
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