Why would he if he agreed with rationale behind Obama not engaging militarily in Syria (assuming that's the case)? That's all this comes down to, really. Someone who thought the Iraq War would be a really, really bad idea because of the fallout from an extremely violent, chaotic war will pin blame for Syria on Bush. Conversely, if that same person agreed with the decision not to engage militarily in Syria because they feel violence generally just makes things worse, they would be less likely to pin blame on such a decision if something bad subsequently happens as a result of that inaction. Trump, of course, is different. He simultaneously has argued that we shouldn't be involve in the Syria Civil War and also is blaming Obama for not being involved enough and not being hardline enough on Assad. He's all over the map. If it was a rabid hawk like McCain coming out now and saying that Obama is squarely to blame, I can understand it. I wouldn't agree, because I personally think we are better off in the long run disengaging from the ME militarily. But I'd understand it.
Can someone explain to me why would Assad want to gas his own people especially at a time when he has taken so much rebel territory?
Bottling Sarin Gas and weaponizing it not something rebels are capable of doing. This isn't a pressure cooker bomb - it's a very sophisticated weapon. Only a state that has experience in this could do this.
So you are saying that Assad didn't use chemical weapons for 5 years after he crossed the red line? Hmmmm. And do you remember that Congress would not give Obama permission to bomb Syria? Then they attack him for not bombing so idiots like you can make stupid posts like this! haha, what a bigboobbbb you are And you don't think it's a coincidence that just a few days before Assad dropped these weapons Trump announced that the U.S. was no longer interested in disposing of Assad or interfering in Syria?? I just think that politicizing this is silly at this stage. It's petty. You can say it's Obama's fault, you can say it's Trump's fault. Why not just say it's Assad's fault and blame the A-hole behind it all?
Because he wants to kill them. Assad is fighting some very worrisome groups, terrorists groups. However, attacks like this reek of desperation, frustration, and degradation.
I'll post this again because you totally ignored it a few pages ago: You've had a number of liberals in this thread, myself included, lament the Obama administration's poor strategy in Syria. Swing and a miss! Question: what do you think the US should've done in Syria? This is a question the most experienced foreign policy minds in the world have struggled to solve, so I look forward to your answer.
4chan has a knack of investigation journalism from their own bedroom. Didn't they recently find isis training location and Shia Labeouf hidden flag just from light contrails and celestial navigation?
Plus they fabricated the Steele dossier and got all these government agencies to investigate nothing!
What's weird is when I hit the CNN homepage on my mobile...the top story was "Hillary Clinton thinks we should bomb airfields in Syria". Then, the breaking news was "Trump strikes airfield in Syria". Trump was waiting to see what Hillary would do. Then, he can blame her if things go awry. I'm more interested in what Russia will say and do versus Assad. Hopefully, there wasn't a mistake and Russian troops weren't hit by mistake. That would not be good.
I need to know what strategic purpose this missile strike served. I like that Trump took action against Assad and his chemical weapon attacks on his own civilians. But if it was all for show, I will be disappointed.
You're freaking dense. Here's an idea - since this base is the one from which the planes delivered the chemical weapons that killed women and children, how about we eliminate their ability to fly planes from this base. Or would you rather have more women and children gassed?
Yes, that's me all over. I'm just hoping women and children get gassed. Everything I've posted points to that as a logical conclusion.
