Lots of info on the S400 which is now in Syria. Russia also has a larger system the S500 almost ready to deploy. Air defense is where the Russians have been spending $$$$.
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/a...ift-on-syria-trump-turns-to-military-advisers Trump, who had long said the top U.S. priority in Syria should be to fight Islamic State, immediately ordered a list of options to punish Assad, according to senior officials who took part in the flurry of closed-door meetings that played out over two days. Confronting his first foreign policy crisis, Trump relied on seasoned military experts rather than the political operatives who had dominated policy in the first weeks of his presidency and showed a willingness to move quickly, officials involved in the deliberations said.
Just because the media reported chemical attacks doesn't mean it's true. I don't believe it for one second.
Just stop. Y'all claiming to be constitutionalists are hypocrites if you think this action was right.
Really? Trump doesn't know when he's getting played....Putin knows that...they were both at the bottom of the toilet to begin with but Trump is being tested don't fool yourself here
Our allies are united in their complete support of President Trump's move, and now see him as a welcome change from his all-talk-no-action Obama who continually threatened but always backed down.
Don't forget the "we strongly condemn" bullshit too. Oh! Well....you "condemn" them! That'll learn 'em! It's no wonder nobody took him seriously.
Someone needs to explain to me Trump's sudden change of heart with regard to striking Syria. He's been historically, completely against it. Just last week Tillerson said it's up to the Syrian people to make a regime change. Trump campaigned, constantly, on America First. His nationalist supporters are freaking the fuck out right now because that strike goes against everything they thought he was about. Everything he said he was about. Are you really trying to convince me and others that he did this because of the video of children being gassed earlier in the week? Really? Everyone knows this isn't the first time Assad has done this. Come on. Nothing about this passes the sniff test whatsover.
Obama attacked several nations without congressional consent. And congress did give consent via the war powers act. Obama justified his warmongering with the same basis.
In spite of my not wanting to bomb anyone, and would prefer to just get the hell out of there if we're not going to go for a decisive victory, this is the truth.
