CNBC: US military has launched more than 50 missiles aimed at Syria: NBC News

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Shake Appeal said:
A lot of his alt-right base hate this. r/The_Donald is in a panic right now.
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They're so stupid. Anyone with common sense knew the next President was going to have to respond to Syria. Even those fuckers must now be wishing for HRC's experience with war in the Middle East. All of their reasons for going with Trump are now dead in the water.
 
I can see why one would come to the conclusion that this would be an appropriate response, but does it ever cross your mind that it's a little different because Donald J Trump is the president? This guy is fucking out of his mind.

Also Marco Rubio needs to get out of here with his theocratic tweeting. Fuck off.
 
Well honestly I am not as worried as more news is trickling in. Didn't go after command and control. Bombed the airfield that the planes launched from. I think the Russians were probably okay with this.
 
TheShocker said:
Good. Fuck Assad and his regime.

I distinctly remember Obama saying the "red line in the sand" with Assad and Syria would be the use of chemical weapons against its own people. This is nothing new. Obama would have done it. Clinton would have done it. I don't get what people are freaking out about.
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Others have said it, but it bears repeating. People would have expected Obama or Clinton to handle this with tact. But they're not dealing with this. An impulsive manchild is. One who apparently can wage war from a golf course.

An impulsive manchild whose bosses have an interest in the very people said manchild is attacking at that.

Arttemis said:
Starting a war pushed George W. Bush from 25% to much higher ratings. Jingoistic drum beating to unify around an enemy.
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It seems like this ripped into his own base, though. I doubt the people that fervently hated him before are going to change their opinions much now.
 
WonkyPanda said:
I am actually really surprised. They are really, really not liking this.

Also, something about this being a false flag or something.
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They believe Kushner(read: The Jews)/the Deep State/MSM/McCain/Hillary?? are colluding to fake a chemical attack and trick Trump into a war.
 
TheShocker said:
Good. Fuck Assad and his regime.

I distinctly remember Obama saying the "red line in the sand" with Assad and Syria would be the use of chemical weapons against its own people. This is nothing new. Obama would have done it. Clinton would have done it. I don't get what people are freaking out about.
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Obama didn't do it and got roasted for it by Kerry and the public in general.
 
Shake Appeal said:
A lot of his alt-right base hate this (it's "neocon"/"globalist," which they loathe). r/The_Donald is in a panic right now.
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[–]jamesvien KEK -2 points 6 minutes ago
I will call still 7D chess,
but you have to act NOW, but not in an echo chamber
Art of the deal reference was needed today
Lots of pedes have armed forces background and hence worried about trump syria
This is same as immigrants legal including worrying about deportations and calling trump anti immigrant
Or mexicans, muslims still being salty over his comments Pedes get into the recieving end of the art of deal and forget what trump stood for.
Go into hysteria just like libs
Have some trust, if you have concern, raise it outside this sub, on twitter, facebook, contact your reps, white house etc
But stop spamming this sub, unless you have new info The real move here is that trump want Us Russia alliance against isis and middle east. Obama , under orders from saudi arabia preempted it by the russian bullshit. Isis has carried out a false flag because assad was kicking their ass. This is a golden oppurtunity, Trump has a change of heart, shows that he wants war with syria, public gets outraged. Trump says, guess what, I have no choice but to work with russia.
This is why you must get outraged, but outside this sub.
Trump wants you to be outraged, so that he can say that people is against this, but you have to raise your voice outside an echo chamber. Even if there is no 4D CHESS , making numerous posts here is helping nobody
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Man what did I just read..
 
Netherscourge said:
His approval rating will go UP now. So long as no American's die because of this, it may start an upswing for him.
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yes

which is part of why it's so scary. a deeply vain man obsessed with approval ratings realising that war is the quickest and most effective way to boost his support.
 
sphagnum said:
If that's the kind of criteria you use for military action, you better be prepared to intervene in a whole lot of countries.
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Sure! Again, I don't think Trump is doing this out of the kindness of his heart but at least there's a repercussion to gassing civilians.
peteykirch said:
Even though we spend way too much on military, there is no reason why the US has to be the worlds police.
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Keeping people who commit war crimes in check? Humanity?
 
Lima said:
After that you bring freedom and democracy to Syria. You know like that's how the US rolls.
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Of course.

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Prepare for the propaganda machine like you haven't seen it since the drum up to the Iraq War under Dubya. God help us.

"Beautiful babies were killed." Time to start a war.
 
Arttemis said:
Starting a war pushed George W. Bush from 25% to much higher ratings. Jingoistic drum beating to unify around an enemy.
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It might but it's hard to say. The post-9/11 zeitgeist was completely different, America hasn't recovered from the Bush-era war weariness at this point.
 
50+ missiles? That seems like a lot to me.

Also people forget, people who voted for trump were not the usual Republicans. His voters were nationalists and isolationists, people are tired of war.
 
I'm scared, but I don't want to panic either. Knowing Trump this could be the start of something big and absolutely wrong.

Oriel said:
Putin and his paid trolls won't know how to respond now.
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The Russians were already warned ahead of time. I'm positive Putin's completely fine with this, at this point.
 
Arttemis said:
Starting a war pushed George W. Bush from 25% to much higher ratings. Jingoistic drum beating to unify around an enemy.
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That was 9/11, this is different. A preemptive against another country (Syria in this case) is just asking for trouble. Everyone was looking to Bush after we got attacked, mostly because we were all hurt, angry, and scared, which rose his numbers up significantly.

Even though his base would love to see other countries get bombed, I see this as a negative for Trump in the long run.
 
Trump can't even call the Prime Minister of Australia without fucking it up.

Of course there is going to be "overreactions" to anything he does. He himself is a walking overreaction.
 
Volimar said:
I wouldn't bet on it. Military intervention as distraction is a tried and true method to increase a President's popularity. But we'll see.
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The Russian investigation isn't suddenly going to go away because he dropped some bombs. And there's only a week left before the government probably shuts down over the budget.
 
Yo, if anyone thinks there's no difference, you're partially right. But has Trump done anything in your mind to assure you he knows what he's doing? This is a nightmare.
 
Zubz said:
Others have said it, but it bears repeating. People would have expected Obama or Clinton to handle this with tact. But they're not dealing with this. An impulsive manchild is. One who apparently can wage war from a golf course.

An impulsive manchild whose bosses have an interest in the very people said manchild is attacking at that.
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EXACTLY! Why is this so hard for people to comprehend?
 
JP_ said:
There's a lot of overreaction here, but there's also a lot of downplaying based on nonsense. We've been bombing ISIS in Syria. That's different than bombing Syria, a sovereign nation.
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I think this was a way to kill 2 birds with one stone. Hit Seria and show NK and the other countries that the US isnt playing. If this is the case then we should be scared ti think we can be in another big war.
 
One thing is for certain, is that this will become a huge distraction from the FBI instigation and will become the new deflection from any questioning regarding corruption in the Trump administration.

This will be a very divisive topic across our country.
 
royalan said:
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.
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And this basically why not to support this. hillary was wrong on Libya, and is wrong here. She is much more competent than Trump and still was unable to contribute to any meaningfully good outcomes in Libya. Obama made a mistake listening to her.

kneecapping assays ability to wage war on his citizens might seem like a good idea, but it's all fun and games until ISIS sets up the next government

Edit: don't see this helping Trump either, the mood on wars is much different in the US today.
 
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