The Red Line crossed again

[John Galt]

the Red Line was the worst geopolicial blunder by any president in living memory. yes, i am including iraq. why is it so awful? well we need only look at crimea and the south china sea for answers. by not honoring our word, we are leaving a vaccum that is quickly being filled. if the damage is not controlled we could be looking at some serious conflicts in the short term.

enter: a chance for redemption

syrians have used chemical weapons again, killing dozens of children, with an air attack: http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/04/middleeas ... ia-attack/

this attack comes days after Tillerson said that the US doens't have any interest in regime change. well, they can't be allowed to do this. President Donald Trump should now attack Russian-ally Syria. this will demonstrate he is not under Putin's thumb and be used to warn a belligerent North Korea to knock it off, as well as Russia and China that the US will not tolerate their actions, and the US will back up what we said even if it was said by a previous administration and they totally dropped the ball

[exploited]

Iraq was significantly worse, by many magnitudes, but yes, that was Obama's single greatest blunder, and it will have long-term repercussions.

Opposing the Syrian government was the problem in the first place. The "moderate rebels" are insane jihadists. Say what you will about the cruelty of Assad's reign, it pales in comparison to what would happen if any of the major rebel groups in Syria gained control of the country.

Also, I have to be honest with you Galt... the idea that the US could possibly gain anything by making Trump an actual war-time President is insane. The man is brutally incompetent and so is nearly every cabinet member. Trump simply does not have the chops to direct American efforts at attacking an actual nation state, especially one allied to Russia.

[spacemonkey]

Its no different the decapitating the leadership of a place like L.A., then letting the crypts, vice lords ms 13, and whoever else have a power struggle. Gangbanging on a national level. One of these days we might learn you can't impose freedom and democracy at gunpoint.

[spacemonkey]

[Philly]

"crypts" lol

[spacemonkey]

[ToddStarnes]

What's really special is that "crypts" was one of the least nonsensical things in all his posts ITT.

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[Kane]

[NAB]

saw some pics of the children attacked by this attack and it's really hard to look at. f**k