Jumped into a quagmire with eyes shut

Richard Wolffe
Friday 7 April 2017 10.18 EDT
Last modified on Friday 7 April 2017 18.44 EDT

... He just launched military strikes against a brutal Syrian regime he used to describe as “NOT our problem”. That’s the same Syrian regime propped up by his own Russian friends ...

Trump now cares deeply about the suffering of Syria’s civilians and refugees. Under any circumstances, this is a development we should all welcome. The most vulnerable people on the planet need all the help they can get from anyone with any power to make a difference ...

He might start with his revised Muslim travel ban (currently blocked by the courts) which halts all refugee entry for 120 days while his officials develop new ideological tests known as “extreme vetting”. He might welcome the refugees coming from Australia, in what he used to call a “dumb deal” ...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/apr/07/donald-trump-jumped-quagmire-eyes-shut