Breaking News: US Missile Strikes Against Military Targets Inside Syria

[Aroura]

I was extremely disappointed in Obama for continuing middle eastern interference. He campaigned partly on closing GITMO and withdrawal of our troops. Neither happened the way he promised. I dislike warmongering from any administration. We are not the world police.

We can help. Send doctors, take in refugees, etc. I also hate to turn our bavks on murdering dictators, but its just a lose lose situation. More people die when we interfere.

But the US does the opposite. Turns away the refugees and bring more war.

[Jackalope]

If cooler heads do not prevail, this cannot possibly end well. Have we learned nothing?

[Isis]

If cooler heads do not prevail, this cannot possibly end well.  Have we learned nothing?

No, no we have not.

I say "we" because the UK will most likely be dragged into this as well.

[Jesster]

I'm so glad that I'm not in the military anymore.

[brewer]

If cooler heads do not prevail, this cannot possibly end well.  Have we learned nothing?

There do not appear to be any "cooler heads" in this conflict. Not that I can identify anyway.

[Minimalist]

[dyresand]

I was extremely disappointed in Obama for continuing middle eastern interference.  He campaigned partly on closing GITMO and withdrawal of our troops. Neither happened the way he promised. I dislike warmongering from any administration. We are not the world police.

We can help. Send doctors, take in refugees, etc. I also hate to turn our bavks on murdering dictators, but its just a lose lose situation. More people die when we interfere.

But the US does the opposite. Turns away the refugees and bring more war.

at this point i should say we should have left we don't belong in the middle east we should leave it because in reality the middle east currently is a lost cause 
and no amount of military action will fix it and they should fix their problems on their own same goes to Israel honestly we give them money for defense and 
free military hardware they should be fine.

[Minimalist]

[Anomalocaris]

[Pat Mustard]

Watching the news on television. The United States has just launched targeted Tomahawk missile strikes against some military sites inside Syria in response to Assad's Sarin gas attack on his own people. Seems that Putin may not have been notified since Russians mans some of Syria's missile systems. News is still breaking.  Couldn't  get a link posted from this phone.

Twas one target, Russia was notified so any serious Assad materiel would have been moved. There was no strategy, just Drumpfuck throwing miseiles around in the hopes of shoring up his numbers and ditracting people from the fact that he's committing treason on a daily basis.

The worrying thing is that there are Dems around who haven't learned from Iraq and are willing to support him in his illegal and immoral military action.

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I wonder what the 'goal' is ??   Or if the attack has even been thought out that far ??

I can rule out right now regime change is the goal.

Trying to shore up Drumpf's numbers by painting him as a "war president" (he is neither) in order to prevent regime change.

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Why on earth would Asad have ordered a gas attack now? 
Why on earth would Putin allow Asad to use gas now?

Around 400,000 have been killed so far conventionally and suddenly they decide to kill 100+ civilians with gas?

Ok, even if they absolutely did decide to use gas, does it really matter? Let's say we suddenly find out it wasn't gas after all. Is our position "Sorry, we thought you had done something wrong when you killed those kids. Carry on."

To destroy any future base for rebellion by killing off the people in rebel held rovinces and towns. It's a favourie Assad tactic, and has been effective in the past. In 1982 the Muslim Brotherhood tried to stage an uprising in the city of Hama. After it was put down a significant portion of the population was murdered. The result is that Hama is currently one of the most pro-Assad areas in the country.