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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrumps motivation for Syrian missile strikes are dubious
Throws shade on gorsuch vote
Takes Bannon out of the spotlight
Makes trump look like he is not afraid of Putin
He looks stronger on Syria than Obama
It gives the appearance of power over Chinese president in meetings
Will raise his approval numbers
Trump doesn't give a fuck about Syria and people being killed.
This is a setup and he got the go ahead from Putin.
kacekwl
(7,039 posts)UTUSN
(70,902 posts)Kingofalldems
(38,556 posts)And there were Russians at that base, which means Syria had a heads up.
atreides1
(16,138 posts)Yet there are still some here at DU calling it a "proportional response", as if that makes it okay!
bullwinkle428
(20,633 posts)even heard of the missile strikes.
I even came up with the OP title of "Putin says 'HOW 'BOUT WE HAVE LITTLE SKIRMISH?'"
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)burrowowl
(17,677 posts)L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)spanone
(136,039 posts)he knows nothing.
uponit7771
(90,382 posts)TalenaGor
(1,104 posts)zentrum
(9,866 posts)Now some pundit will announce that "Tonight, Trump became Presidential".
qanda
(10,422 posts)People are not so easily fooled.
cstanleytech
(26,398 posts)the mess that they got themselves bogged down in there.
densan
(61 posts)Ok, won't make some folks happy re: "correctness", but this needs to
to remembered from 8 years ago...
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bhikkhu
(10,730 posts)and every time you ordered a launch, your popularity ratings went up, and the world respected your authority. That sort of thing could become addictive. This is the sort of problem that got elected here.