Sad we have some Democrats applauding the Syria bombing

[SHRED]

WTF are they thinking?

[onecaliberal]

1. Having the exact same thoughts.

[Kath2]

2. I fucking hate it.

Very disappinted in some dems.

[democratisphere]

3. Rogue Democrats. They don't think.

[HoneyBadger]

4. Which Syria bombing are they applauding

The original or the response? Both murdered children.

[ornotna]

5. No thinking needed

They've already been told, it was "necessary and proportional"

[still_one]

6. Some Democrats also were against it. Some Democrats were outraged that trump

did not consult with Congress before the bombing, and some Democrats supported the bombing.

Democrats are known not to walked lock in step

[yallerdawg]

8. Back in 2013, if Obama had made a military strike against Assad like he wanted...

I would have been 100% in support.

Even Democrats can have zero tolerance for genocide.

[Alice11111]

11. I should hope so. Genocide is not part of our platform.

[Jonny Appleseed]

12. But Trump's strike didn't do shit and was completely masturbatory

[yallerdawg]

14. Obama threatened and Assad turned over his stockpiles and stopped.

We'll see if Assad stops again. And if there's a next time, who will be our target - next time?

What's the saying? "Even a broke watch is right twice a day."

[Rustyeye77]

15. I'm with you.

I had mixed emotions but I thought of the nazis using chemical weapons
against innocent people and that did it.

It's a shame president dipshit didn't do it right.

[Cha]

21. Clinton, Democrats See Hypocrisy in Trumps Syria Posture

Democrats looked to use the president’s reaction to Bashar Assad’s chemical weapons attack to bolster political opposition to Trump’s executive order limiting refugees.

https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2017-04-07/clinton-democrats-see-hypocrisy-in-trumps-syria-posture

[jmg257]

7. Probably on board with HRC approoach.

[Cha]

22. Clinton, Democrats See Hypocrisy in Trumps Syria Posture

Democrats looked to use the president’s reaction to Bashar Assad’s chemical weapons attack to bolster political opposition to Trump’s executive order limiting refugees.

https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2017-04-07/clinton-democrats-see-hypocrisy-in-trumps-syria-posture

[beam me up scottie]

9. There are chicken hawks on all sides.

Let's not forget the votes for the Iraq invasion. At least most are willing to question the Republican president this time around - they learned their lesson.

Kudos to the congresspeople and senators who are speaking out against the use of unilateral military force.

[Rustyeye77]

17. Maybe we are genocide hawks.

[beam me up scottie]

18. So anyone who opposes Trump's use of reckless unilateral military force approves of genocide?

And those of us who opposed the Iraq invasion - we approved of genocide as well? How'd that kind of intervention work out for the Iraqis again?

Disapproving of chicken hawk diplomacy isn't the same thing as siding with brutal dictators. We should look at other options instead of responding with military force and hoping for the best.

[ronnie624]

10. Hillary Clinton approves.

Some heads are definitely spinning around here.

[Jonny Appleseed]

13. Approves of taking out the chemical weapons with air strikes as part of an established policy

against Assad. Trump didn't do that and doesn't have one.

[ronnie624]

16. That isn't what she said.

She said we should "take out his airfields", in response to the alleged chemical attacks.

[Jonny Appleseed]

19. As part of an overlying policy

And his airfields are still operational so even that didn't happen.

[Cha]

26. Right, Jonny..

Link to tweet

[Jonny Appleseed]

28. You're agreeing with me though?

Did you misread my point?

[Cha]

32. Yes, I agree.. this tweet agrees

with you, too.

That has been her strategy since the campaign.. this isn't the first time assad gassed and dropped bombs on his People.

[Jonny Appleseed]

33. Ok, I just misread the ".." as sarcasm

[Cha]

34. I thought maybe

you had.. I would never post something that really gave asshole credit. lol

[Cha]

25. Yeah, "TAKE THEM OUT".. he didn't.

Link to tweet

That has been her strategy since the campaign.. this isn't the first gd time assad gassed and dropped bombs on his People.

Your cheap pot shot didn't work.

[Cha]

23. Clinton, Democrats See Hypocrisy in Trumps Syria Posture

Democrats looked to use the president’s reaction to Bashar Assad’s chemical weapons attack to bolster political opposition to Trump’s executive order limiting refugees.

https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2017-04-07/clinton-democrats-see-hypocrisy-in-trumps-syria-posture

[ronnie624]

27. They criticized his stance on refugees, not the airstrikes.

Your article disputes you. Don't sit there and pretend this fascist isn't currently the cat's meow.

Your post illustrates clearly, the irrational nature of partisan extremism.

[Cha]

30. Don't you sit there and pretend you know what's going on..

I've given you the facts and clearly you can't handle them. You want to spin this to take cheap pot shots at Hillary.

It's not working.

This fucking asshole is not some gd "cats meow" as you contend.

[ronnie624]

35. "Lawmakers, pundits and analysts spanning the political spectrum

cheered Trump's decision to order the attack"

That is from the article you posted.

You were saying?

[Cha]

24. You need to get your facts straight.. Hillary doesn't

approve of fucking trump..

Quit spinning.

[mythology]

20. Perhaps they are thinking about chemical weapons?

I'd say more about how a real discussion on the merits of any particular action in response would require willingness to think outside the bounds of your own world view, to study history of what happens when we do and when we don't get involved, to play out the scenarios of what different steps might result in. But given you seem to think the issue is so simple it can be dismissed with banal internet acronyms, it seems like a waste of time.

Refusing to act in the face of a crisis doesn't actually disoblige you from the consequences of doing nothing. There is a reason Bill Clinton calls his failure to do something to prevent the Rwandan Genocide his greatest failure. You can argue the Trump administration's approach was wrong or ineffective, but to do that and be taken seriously, you would have to actually present an alternative course. Doing what you're doing is easy. It requires nothing, no risk, no effort. You can't even bother to offer what you think would be better.

[Solly Mack]

29. Never applauded Shrub. Not going to applaud Trump.

There are certain personalities you don't ever applaud for obvious reasons.

[dchill]

31. It's the extremely dubious "cred" of balls without brains.

Apparently, even Democrats, male AND female, are subject to it. Personally, I see it as weakness. And calculated pandering.