Nope. I can clearly see the intent of this action. A single attack, missiles only, targeting a single airbase, the specific airbase used to launch chemical weapons attacks against their own civilians. Yesterday, they could have launched further attacks against civilians from that base. Today, they can't.
I agree to a point that this was political, but when it comes down to it, they used military intelligence to strike what they thought were the best targets to achieve the best results. How do you know they didn't strike a chemical weapons depot? 60 missiles for a single airbase....I'm willing to bet that airbase was pretty goddamn big. Plenty big enough to hold a weapons depot.
Would you put all of your chemical weapons in one place? I mean I've read enough of your posts to make a pretty safe and logical assumption that you don't keep all of your guns in one place. I'm sure you have a few stashed around the old apartment in different places. Nightstand? Gun safe? Behind the cream rinse in the shower? Even if you did store all of them in one place it would be a giant fail of logic on my part to assume that is the case.
Forgive me....I didn't mean to suggest that they got ALL of them. I'm quite certain that there are many other chemical weapons in Syria. I'm simply saying "how do you know they didn't get a weapons depot on that airbase?" Oh....and there's a blunderbuss behind my bathroom door. But tell no-one.
Congress had its say. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Powers_Resolution The War Powers Resolution requires the President to notify Congress within 48 hours of committing armed forces to military action and forbids armed forces from remaining for more than 60 days, with a further 30-day withdrawal period, without a Congressional authorization for use of military force (AUMF) or a declaration of war by the United States. The resolution was passed by two-thirds of Congress, overriding a presidential veto.
Let's say that North Korea launches a nuclear missile at Japan. (and for argument sakes we shot it down before detonating, no lives lost.) And some of you are actually arguing that our military's response would be and should be to attack the empty missile silo it was launched out of? Not remove Kim from the face of the earth. Not destroy where the nukes were made. Not destroy other missile silos. Just bomb the empty one. Because that will show them!
If it were me, I would launch a coordinated air attack on bases, military infrastructure, government buildings, and Kim's homes/hideouts. And yes, it would mean destroying that empty silo so that it cannot be used again. Even empty guns are capable of being reloaded.
bullshit....Trump's generals, oil barons and arms dealers want more war....Trump has now empowered Iraq and N Korea to start shooting off missles....the Dems had that capped off ...now the lid is off....Trump is a hawk who surrounded himself with generals who will find more reasons to escalate the military...they have to do something with that meals on wheels money after all
Remember when Gaddafi fucked around we bombed his family. That is a powerful message not to do it again. Bombing an airbase.... not so much.
This is just a pure guess/speculation on my part. Putin does have a plan. There was no reason for Putin to send his most advanced air defense system to Syria unless it was to be used against the USA. None of the forces Syria and Russia are fighting have planes. ? What happens if Russian air defense missiles knock down one or more of our stealth planes over Syria? Overnight, Russia is viewed as having a much stronger military, and we appear weaker. BTW. In an all out war, I do believe our military has a plan to attack their superior air defense system. It involves overloading their system with many drones that appear on their radar as attack planes. Then coordinating all of the drones and real attack planes in such a way the attack planes can hit their targets and suffer less casualties.
