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What RIGHT THING? Stay in Syria and bomb-bomb-bomb and displace people just trying to live their lives? People who never harmed YOU and had no evil intent toward you? Deprive people of home, family and possessions? You actually think this is RIGHT? How completely vile. The US never had any business being there and never will.
The Senate will vote tomorrow (January 31) on an amendment attaching conditions to any withdrawal from Syria. It criticizes Trump's decision to pull out of Syria against the advice of his military and national security advisers. "Asked why Republicans couldn't persuade Trump in private to reverse his decision instead of turning to a public rebuke via a major vote in the Senate. [Sen. John] Thune said, 'I think they tried.' "
A number of Democrats are expected to vote for the amendment even though they support removing troops from Syria and Afghanistan. The recognition that these movements need first be planned and not impulsive appears to be bi-partisan.
It's not been a good week for Trump on the national security front. On Tuesday, the Director of National Intelligence and other intelligence officials also appeared before the Senate Intelligence Committee and contradicted Trump on a range of issues - including North Korea, Iran and ISIS. McConnell scheduled tomorrow's vote after the testimony. Trump's response to the testimony was to tweet today that the intelligence community was "extremely passive and naive" about Iran.
Let's hope this sets a pattern for bi-partisan action in the Senate, to cut Trump's legs out from under him. There's so much that could be accomplished, if both sides would work together, against their common enemy.
Let's hope this sets a pattern for bi-partisan action in the Senate, to cut Trump's legs out from under him. There's so much that could be accomplished, if both sides would work together, against their common enemy. . .
. . . against their common enemy, the American people.
Phew, pknopp, thanks for clearing that up, I thought you meant me, and it cut me to the quick, because you are good folks. Bygones!
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