U.S. Launches Missiles at Syrian Base After Chemical Weapons Attack

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20 hours ago, Tea Ess said:

That's not so long ago, especially when it comes to two very similar circumstances. I think it's mostly just a continuation of his hypocrisy and narcissistic tendencies. He's doing the same things he whined about when Obama was President. 

Please provide a list and source for exactly what President Trump is doing in his current term and cross compare that with exactly the same things, as you claimed, that was done by Barack during his own presidential term. Thank you. 

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From the American Thinker article linked previously: http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2017/04/why_did_assad_use_nerve_gas.html

 

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Russia has been looking for a way out of the Syrian war that would preserve Russian bases and political power. But its attempt to get a deal failed when both the regime and the rebels basically disowned the idea of a negotiated settlement. In addition, Russian support for Kurdish autonomy in Syria angered Assad almost as much as it did Turkey. From Assad’s point of view, he is hostage to the whims of the Russians and their surrogates, primarily Iran. He may see his regime being sold out, or Syria cantonized into ethnic enclaves (which was actually Russia’s plan), which would appear to him ever more likely if the U.S. and Russia were colluding. 

Even the Syrians read newspapers, and they could conclude (as the Democrats in the U.S. and some Republicans like John McCain are trying hard to promote) that President Trump is in league with Putin. In Syria, conspiracies are the staff of life, mother’s milk, the air you breathe -- even if they are nonsense.

The Russians have been scrambling to come up with some way to explain how the Sarin came to be used, first claiming there were no Syrian government planes in the area. If that were the truth, the Russians would have brought out radar track maps (easily available) to prove their case. No tracks, no planes. One can assume the Russians did not show evidence because it would did not support the claim.

It took the Russians nearly 48 hours to come up with what they believed might be a plausible argument -- for the gullible, at least. Essentially acknowledging Syrian aircraft in the region, they said a Syrian rocket hit a warehouse where the rebels were stockpiling chemical weapons. The chemicals then leaked, killing the civilians in Khan Sheikhoun. So far at least, most governments and the UN have rejected the story as unconvincing and fabricated.  In practical terms, nerve gas dissipates fairly quickly and is not persistent -- and there is scant evidence that the rebels in Syria have any. And that would not account for the subsequent attack on a hospital treating victims of the Sarin attack.

Considered from this angle, Assad’s return to bombing targets with Sarin nerve gas may have been intended to demonstrate independence from both superpowers and make it nearly impossible for an engineered settlement to be imposed on the regime. With the U.S. angry and up in arms, and the Russians forced to defend their indefensible client, the sacrifice of some hapless civilians could have been, in Assad’s view, a cynically effective way to hold off the dogs. For now.