A quote from another vet friend: Trump's orders to bomb a Syrian airfield wasn't a huge military action nor any big setback for Assad. It was, however, a stroke of genius. It sent a message, not only to Assad and Putin, but also to Iran and most importantly to China and North Korea. And all this while he was having dinner with the Chinese president after he told the president what he was doing. That my friend is what we missed the last eight years ----- testosterone!!!

From a very close friend, an Air Force Vet, married to a top ex CIA guy.
"The Syrian Action-
I think it was a smart move. One target with a message. Stop that shit right now. He could have taken out every base if he wanted to.
Our military contacted Russian military to let them know what was about to happen. A Courtesy call.
The action was taken when the least number of people were there (on base) to minimize death- He shot Tomahawks- which fly slow- If Russia wanted to take them out, they could have. They did not. They did not hit the gas to kill people on the ground like they had killed their own people with.
He had met with 3 middle east leaders prior to the action, which are neighbors to Syria.
And all of these hours later, we still haven't heard much from anyone.
There are international rules about Chemical weapons- The UN did what they do- which is nothing. We told them and gave them a chance to follow their own rules. They wrung their hands and did nothing.
I think insanity is believing doing what we have, or haven't been doing the last 8 years, is the answer. I don't think the rest of the world is quite as big of scardy cats as we Americans seem to be over action. The rule is don't use chemical weapons on people. Syria used them, not only on people- but their own people who were unarmed. Easy response.
Goes back to "If you see something wrong and you walk by without doing anything- you have just set a new and lower standard. It's true in our own lives and it's true in our countries life. It's done"

That's a lie, of course, but everything else from the Occupy crowd and the Democrats is a lie, so why not?

Here's my take on Syria.

There are three directions the U.S. can go here.

1. The isolationist, stay the fuck out of there and let them kill each other until they pull their collective heads out of their ass or until the sun falls out of the sky whichever comes first approach. This includes the "we'll show them we will issue economic sanctions against them" approach. No piss ant third world dictator has ever given two shits about economic sanctions. Economic sanctions do not affect his Swiss or Bahamian bank account. They just affect every person that dictator has his foot on's well being not the dictator's well being.

2. The half-assed, straddle the fence approach of this week. Use air strikes, drones, missiles, and whatever other unmanned or low risk military action you can take to inflict damage while making sure no ground troops do anything more useful than "advise" somebody else's ground troops.

3. Full bore Desert Storm/Iraq invasion.

Which one works the best? Easiest answer to any political question in the world today. The answer is none of them. This is the Middle East nothing works here. No strategy, doctrine, or ideology has ever worked here. No strategy, doctrine, or ideology is ever going to work here. Everyone in this part of the world has been bitching, complaining, fighting, or pissing on someone else in this part of the world since the invention of the rock. Forget it Jake it's the fucking Middle East.

"we'll show them we will issue economic sanctions against them" approach. No piss ant third world dictator has ever given two shits about economic sanctions. Economic sanctions do not affect his Swiss or Bahamian bank account. They just affect every person that dictator has his foot on's well being not the dictator's well being.

Nazi purity policy much?

More Goddamned cultural Marxism

Well, there you have it. If the Poodlekiller endorses Drumpf...