The US Dropping Bombs on Syria

Syria

Think North Korea is watching?

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Ddawg wrote:

Think North Korea is watching?

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I hope so.

One and done strikes won’t change the monster that leads Syria, propped up by his puppet masters Russia and Iran. If we really want change or deterrence, we should track down Assad and decapitate him in a missile strike or attack like we did Bin Ladin.

BoiseBYU wrote:

One and done strikes won’t change the monster that leads Syria, propped up by his puppet masters Russia and Iran. If we really want change or deterrence, we should track down Assad and decapitate him in a missile strike or attack like we did Bin Ladin.

Why? That would be a terrible choice. Get rid of Assad and we own it like Iraq and Libya. We'd also be fighting with Russia and Iran over the next govt to run Syria. Who wants to be embroiled in a lengthy nation rebuilding war with Russia, Iran, Hamas, and all the rebel factions in Syria? No way.

Ddawg wrote:

One and done strikes won’t change the monster that leads Syria, propped up by his puppet masters Russia and Iran. If we really want change or deterrence, we should track down Assad and decapitate him in a missile strike or attack like we did Bin Ladin.

Why? That would be a terrible choice. Get rid of Assad and we own it like Iraq and Libya. We'd also be fighting with Russia and Iran over the next govt to run Syria. Who wants to be embroiled in a lengthy nation rebuilding war with Russia, Iran, Hamas, and all the rebel factions in Syria? No way.

This may come as a shock, but I agree with you. Deep breaths I know. If you read more carefully, you will see that I am not advocating such a course of action, but only stating that IF deterrence is really what our leaders want, then that’s what will deter. A one time missle strike won’t deter anyone. It never has yet, regardless of the President ordering it.

Holy hell. I just fell out of my chair. My wife called 911. I'm posting this from the back of an ambulance while enroute to a cardiac center for heart palpitations. Heart be still.



Actually, I agree that the 1 time strike will do nothing. Just rattle Assad's cage and piss Russia off. It will simply escalate the cold war tensions the already exist between us and Russia.



On top of that, let's pretend Trump did take Assad out. What guarantees do we have that the next Syrian "dictator yahoo" wouldn't be the same or worse than Assad? None.

We need to find the contractors who made the Wall in Game of Thrones and build one around Syria, Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan. There can be a few doorways through the bottom of the Wall for trade. But there are no good solutions to those countries and the threats the pose or could pose. Wall them off from the rest of the world.



Oh and do the same with North Korea.

SpiffCoug wrote:

We need to find the contractors who made the Wall in Game of Thrones and build one around Syria, Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan. There can be a few doorways through the bottom of the Wall for trade. But there are no good solutions to those countries and the threats the pose or could pose. Wall them off from the rest of the world.



Oh and do the same with North Korea.

Finally a wall we can ALL agree on! :)

Ddawg wrote:

One and done strikes won’t change the monster that leads Syria, propped up by his puppet masters Russia and Iran. If we really want change or deterrence, we should track down Assad and decapitate him in a missile strike or attack like we did Bin Ladin.

Why? That would be a terrible choice. Get rid of Assad and we own it like Iraq and Libya. We'd also be fighting with Russia and Iran over the next govt to run Syria. Who wants to be embroiled in a lengthy nation rebuilding war with Russia, Iran, Hamas, and all the rebel factions in Syria? No way.

And Dawg drops a truth bomb!



Totally agree.

What's with all this agreement and kumbayah-my-Lord all of the sudden on the Lounge?



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Trump should be impeached for this. This is an act of war against a state that has never threatened the US. Ever. Congress should impeach him and send him to jail. They won't, but they should.



That would be a strike I could get behind.

So Mattis apparently wanted congressional approval for the strike. Trump said no, he wanted to show the world what a moron he is. His act of war did nothing other than encourage the white helmet jihadists to pull more false flag chlorine bombs. All it takes is some bleach and drano (or maybe just yelling out about bleach and drano) and boom, Donald Trump will drop 100M USD worth of ordnance on your enemies - screw the constitution.



Every one of the last six presidents should have been impeached over acts of war not authorized by congress. The constitution has been torn to shreds.