Who would have guessed after the Cohen raid, Comey book, start of the Stormy trial, constant Pruitt news, renewed discussions about him being unhinged, and everything else the president would want to distract people? Why no one predicted this at all.
I think plenty of people predicted it, especially after Bolton’s appointment. It’s a stupid reaction by a stupid man to circumstances arising directly (and indirectly) from his own stupid actions and decisions.
"Trust Trump." "We don't know what Trump knows. I trust him to make the right decision." "He wouldn’t do this if it weren’t appropriate. I’m not happy about the decision but it’s not like we are deploying battalions to restructure their government." "Unless you are in a very small circle of people receiving daily intelligence briefings, you do not know anything, you can only guess and play armchair President."
Of course, none of these people would have extended the same courtesy to President Obama, and they've been playing armchair Secretary of State for like three years.
On the other hand there are quite a number of people who are genuinely disappointed or unhappy, which is - oddly - pretty heartening.
Is there reason to believe the strikes will result in thousands of innocent casualties?
They claim that they're only striking "chemical weapon research facilities". Looks like it's 4am there, so I guess not a lot of people in research facilities (plus they've been forewarned of the potential strikes)
All I hope is that the regime didn't do the same shitty thing it did in anticipation of Obama's response in 2013, when they moved prisoners into evacuated air bases, in hopes that the US will kill them.
I mean before this in various regions it's been fine for the west to pummel places yet when one small attack (which I also disagree with) happens it's a "red line". I find it a little hard to swallow their concern for innocents driving this action.
Keep an eye on the DEFCON Warning System Twitter. A few minutes ago, they stated that a counter-attack has been launched, according to Syrian National TV. https://twitter.com/DEFCONWSALERTS
What’s the story on how this is legal? I know that “Congress declares war, not the president” has been getting increasingly theoretical, but getting an explicit justification now might matter later when the politics have changed.
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[ 2.8 ms ] story [ 77.5 ms ] threadCertainly not 18+ months ago.
"Unlike weak Obama, who let others walk all over his red line, TRUMP did what needed to be done!"
You can come up with pro & con arguments for anything if you try.
Most people don't want to look at the net of those pro and cons, and simply select only some, this is how we get polarization.
https://np.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/8c45dk/president...
"Trust Trump." "We don't know what Trump knows. I trust him to make the right decision." "He wouldn’t do this if it weren’t appropriate. I’m not happy about the decision but it’s not like we are deploying battalions to restructure their government." "Unless you are in a very small circle of people receiving daily intelligence briefings, you do not know anything, you can only guess and play armchair President."
Of course, none of these people would have extended the same courtesy to President Obama, and they've been playing armchair Secretary of State for like three years.
On the other hand there are quite a number of people who are genuinely disappointed or unhappy, which is - oddly - pretty heartening.
UK along for the ride. As always.
They claim that they're only striking "chemical weapon research facilities". Looks like it's 4am there, so I guess not a lot of people in research facilities (plus they've been forewarned of the potential strikes)
[0] https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/04/11/world/middlee...
https://www.thedailybeast.com/whats-inside-trumps-secret-war...
EDIT: same fate for this submission:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16835364