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I think for a guy like Trump this is the big kielbasa. Substantial support in both houses of Congress for the first time.

I love and respect family-values Republicans. They are the best people.

Assad. He's still there, he's not going anywhere. If anything he got a bit too hubristic.

Stop kidding yourself you 'get' something the rest of us don't. You see things in very simple terms, IS are bad therefore anyone fighting them must be good. That's why you started your thread about Obama doing the right thing when he backed off Assad. Now you can't admit you're wrong, which is why you're the only person outside of Russia and Assad's inner circle who actually believes this bullshit.

It's like this here, eh?

layman, That's a MOVIE.

That is a true story.

The one thing in my favor --and your Achilles' heel-- is I am not under the illusion that I know what's going on in Syria. I just refuse to buy popular narratives without question.

There are too many scenarios, too many shady alliances, to act like I know it all.

But that never stops you.

Question everything. Trust nothing.

You don't know what's happening in Syria which, but that doesn't stop you being opinionated and it's why you unthinkingly buy Assad's propaganda. Btw, not being pig ignorant isn't an Achilles' heel

No one knows. Everybody has an opinion.

Trumpian narcissism is your Achilles' heel.

The problem with Dizzy it that, well, it's that he's Dizzy, eh?

The po boy must mainline limburger cheese 24/7, I figure.

You're new here... LOL. Sorry to see you smack face with our famous penis-measuring.

Verbosity aside, your level of ignorance on matters outside of your own back yard is shocking.

I've never claimed to know everything, just more than you, but that's not exactly difficult, anyone following the news knows considerably more than you. Your opinion on Syria is based on wishful thinking and pig ignorance and is therefore meaningless.

So ridiculous. Do you actually think I prefer that my country is the bad guy?

Run along then.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/hillary-clinton-blames-comey-and-wikileaks-as-determinative-factors-behind-her-2016-loss/article/2619597

Well, there ya have it, then, eh? Evil Russian misogynists done it.

So many of the people outraged by Syria and applauding Trump's strike are the same ones that hate and have no empathy for Muslims.

I've not exactly applauded Trump's actions, but if it makes Assad think twice about using chemical weapons in future it can only be good.

Online conversation I am following:

Not one airstrip shut down from 59 missiles. I sense a diversionary staged attack, which I predicted....

Great minds think alike, Edward. This morning it was announced that every one of those missiles hit its target. Obviously not the runway. I have asked a pilot friend of mine the question about how much damage was done to that air base. (He is a Gump supporter, sadly, but he and I engage in good debates). I greatly anticipate his answer. How can 59 out of 59 missiles miss the runway? I hear the fuel tanks and radar were probably knocked out.

JUST HEARD WHY AIRSTRIP NOT DAMAGED. These missiles can't create big craters in the runway. Need another type of missile to do that. SO they knew that they would do little damage to the runways before the missiles were fired.

No shock here. Did you ever see the movie "Wag the Dog"?

The most likely answer here is they weren't targeting the runways in the first place. The Tomahawk missies are quite accurate. This deduction is also consistent with statements released by the Defense Department last night.

Why the runways weren't targeted is another question. There are several possible explanations; (1) We have plans for other later uses of these runways. (2) We were confident that we had destroyed critical aircraft and support infrastructure without which Syrian air ops would be impossible ( i.e. fuel facilities).

His oking the missile strike is easily explained. He is shooting for a second term.