If Putin wants to work with Trump, he'd let it slide just like he did when Turkey shot down a Russian jet and he responded by holding joint military drills with Turkey.
CNBC: US military has launched more than 50 missiles aimed at Syria: NBC News
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If Putin wants to work with Trump, he'd let it slide just like he did when Turkey shot down a Russian jet and he responded by holding joint military drills with Turkey.
exactly what I was thinking. This isn't justice. It's just more killing.
Ninja Scooter
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I 100% would not put it past Trump to be doing this just to try and move attention away from the fact that his crooked administration is falling apart week by week.
Lan Dong Mik
And why would I want them?
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Carpe Libertatem
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Doesn't sound like they worked with one before doing this, though! Which is important. This was a rash move.
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Exactly... and to the people that are condemning this, did you watch the video of the government's chemical attack? Vile shit, that deserves consequences.
NullPointer
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OK, what happens afterwards? My heart's with you but my mind is filled with nope.
NYR
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Look at his pinned tweet. He likes Assad because He kills Muslims and terrorists.
metalslimer
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Unless you are willing to go much further than this it is useless
ColdDeckEd
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They were in communication about the terrorist attack in St Petersburg yesterday. Now all of a sudden, we attack? Pretty convenient coincidence.
You know what. I wouldnt' be as pissed if Trump wasn't denying refugee's from this same country.
No one said we're at war.War
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Let us hope it ends here.
lastflowers
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yep. Not sure how I'm feeling right now.
VendettaRed07
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I wouldn't be surprised if Putin allowed this just to keep pressure off Trump and to remind Assad to stay in line. I'm sure he doesn't like covering for him like he has had to
Pretty much this.
HRC may have tried to reach out to allies before responding, but this specific response is still the same one she's agreed with in the past.
This is actually maybe the only thing Trump has done that I agree with, but his real FP test is just now beginning.
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Why so many?
I would also like to put in a word to remain calm and think of this in the context of the past several years. It's not like this is the first time we've bombed Syria.
How are these 70 missiles significantly different than the 12,192 from last year? Do the targets make the difference? The intent? How much does it really matter?
Bombing ISIS or AL-Qaeda who everyone hates vs bombing Assad (and possibly Russians since they are in Syria) who is Russia's ally is a big fucking difference.
This mofo ordered a major military action from Hole 6 on a damn golf course.
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There will be less military actions they said
I would also like to put in a word to remain calm and think of this in the context of the past several years. It's not like this is the first time we've bombed Syria.
How are these 70 missiles significantly different than the 12,192 from last year? Do the targets make the difference? The intent? How much does it really matter?
It's Trump. That's why people are freaking out and doing a 180 just like Trump did with Syria. It's all partisan bullshit.
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No, 50 missles. If you think bombing Syria is war, we've been at war there for a few years now.War
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This really isn't as dramatic as everyone is making it out to be. Russia and Iran have been bombing the rebels for years now. They may bitch and moan, but aren't going to do shit.
NYR
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Nope. This just might lead to retaliation which might lead to war. This in itself is not a declaration of war - if it was, the US would have attacked EVERY airbase.War
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The problem is not that the US has taken action against Syria. As somebody who was for the initial intervention into Libya to save those people from being slaughtered by their local dictator, I'm not against the idea to promote a greater peace. Hillary had a term for it: smart power. For our words as a peace keeper to mean anything, at some point they have to not just be words.
However, we have learned from Libya (and Iraq before) how this shit can spiral out of control when the Before, the During, and the After are not planned to a T. And NOBODY should have any faith in this administration to handle this appropriately.
This is a really terrifying moment, and it's going to be politicized to hell and back. Meanwhile, Trump is at Mar-a-Lago.
However, we have learned from Libya (and Iraq before) how this shit can spiral out of control when the Before, the During, and the After are not planned to a T. And NOBODY should have any faith in this administration to handle this appropriately.
This is a really terrifying moment, and it's going to be politicized to hell and back. Meanwhile, Trump is at Mar-a-Lago.
The man in charge is a dunce.
what do you think the US military does with that enormous defense budget?
People are letting their hatred of trump cloud their judgement.
A lot of embarrassing reactions in here.
Maintenance
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They probably decided the number of missiles based on current score times 10.
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Because it's Trump this time.I would also like to put in a word to remain calm and think of this in the context of the past several years. It's not like this is the first time we've bombed Syria.
How are these 70 missiles significantly different than the 12,192 from last year? Do the targets make the difference? The intent? How much does it really matter?
The amount of overreaction in this thread is hilarious.
Graph excludes that we didn't target syrias military target and were mostly ISIS, but sure keep ignoring the difference.
It's not significantly different. It's just completely out of nowhere and could have been avoided if a smart administration had been installed.
the fact they're still trying to deny it gives you some idea of the severity of the claim. If they actually thought "oh let's respond by using our chemical weapons" they would leave the door wide fucking open for total destruction and it would be justified.
Probably, but what do you expect. The military has free reign on these matters I'd bet.
Yup.
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Well, if there is a pee pee tape, now would be the time for Putin to release it.
If there is no pee pee tape, Russia may have just kissed their love Triangle with Trump goodbye.
Tillerson already doubled-down on keeping the Russian sanctions because of Crimea, so that's off the table.
Trump may be looking at this the way he looked at Flynn - he outlived his usefulness, so now he's cutting all ties and burning all bridges.
Putin might not be happy about that though.
If there is no pee pee tape, Russia may have just kissed their love Triangle with Trump goodbye.
Tillerson already doubled-down on keeping the Russian sanctions because of Crimea, so that's off the table.
Trump may be looking at this the way he looked at Flynn - he outlived his usefulness, so now he's cutting all ties and burning all bridges.
Putin might not be happy about that though.
Cause the man "in charge" is a fucking moron.
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