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View Poll Results: Are you for or against Trump's missile attack on Syria?
For 112 34.67%
Against 153 47.37%
Mixed feeling/unsure 58 17.96%
Voters: 323. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 04-08-2017, 08:45 PM
 
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This is quite the relief after Obama's years of ineffectual high-fiving and glass-clinking diplomacy.
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Old 04-08-2017, 08:47 PM
 
Location: Here and now.
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Against. And I voted for Trump. I would still vote for Trump because Trump's domestic policy is GREAT. His foreign policy looks to be a carbon copy of Hillary Clinton's, so that's a push. Hopefully he can be steered away from the liberal John McCain war-monger types who are influencing his decisions.
When did this image of liberals as war-mongers come to be so prevalent? I remember when we used to get slammed for being too soft on foreign policy.

Weird times...
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Old 04-08-2017, 09:02 PM
 
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It was a proportional one-off hit.

58 missiles hit 44 targets at least once, one went into the drink, that is fact.

The USA might not be done with them yet.

I'm all for it.

I'm not surprised to see Trump detractors politicize this act like everything else.

You don't need to ask Congress in this one-off situation, what Obama did was Hand-wringing, same with Bill Clinton in Rowanda.

Turkey backs the US, Saudi Arabia backs the US., Syrian refugees back the US, Israel backs the U.S., etc. Schumer Pelosi and Juan Williams and perhaps even Hillary back the President's action. Oh, John McCain for God's sake.

Assad and Russia oppose. Eff them.

Which side do you stand on?

Then there's that puppet liar Susan Rice.

Do none of you liberals find it troubling that she had better intel on the Trump Team than Syrian Chemical Weapons? John Kerry, Obama, what a bunch of worthless idiots.

Trump did more on a Thursday afternoon to tell the world the U.S. of A. is back and don't Eff with us, than the Obama Administration did in 8 years.



No, that idiot just crammed his decisions through and vetoed everything Congress tried to do, so like Sinatra, Obama did it his way.



Yeah, that's what I meant by Syrian refugee.

You lost again!

It's another Trump Rally Weekend, Losers!
What Trump did hasn't changed anything. The world thinks he is a weak leader. Even Isis called him an idiot.
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Old 04-08-2017, 09:30 PM
 
Location: New York Area
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What Trump did hasn't changed anything. The world thinks he is a weak leader. Even Isis called him an idiot.
I don't put much stock in ISIS's opinions.
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Old 04-08-2017, 09:36 PM
 
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I don't put much stock in ISIS's opinions.
Well you should since they are the reason no one wants to accept refugees.
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Old 04-08-2017, 09:39 PM
 
Location: The Republic of Texas
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Trump wasted 50,000 pounds of TNT, to prove to all Americans he ain't in bed with Putin.
That is what that was all about.
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Old 04-08-2017, 09:43 PM
 
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Trump wasted 50,000 pounds of TNT, to prove to all Americans he ain't in bed with Putin.
That is what that was all about.
Could be, but it seems he also wasted a few tons of goodwill, from those who believed his (occasional) non-interventionist rhetoric.
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Old 04-08-2017, 09:47 PM
 
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An investigation should have happened.

America is a nation that strongly criticises Cuba for its human rights record, while supporting Saudi Arabia. A country like that cannot be trusted until sufficient evidence is provided.
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Old 04-08-2017, 10:03 PM
 
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Pure symbolism. Before anyone creams their pants over the almighty US military firepower, that amount of ordnance could have been delivered by 5 WWII bombers. The airbase was up and running in 24 hours.

Crossing the threshold to using full-on military means comes at a a cost. Doing so while not achieving a military objective worth mentioning? - that is not a bright statesman move. If there's a plan in there somewhere, good. Not seeing one yet.
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Old 04-08-2017, 10:14 PM
 
Location: LA, CA/ In This Time and Place
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I'm all for it.
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