On December 20th of 2001 President George W. Bush gave these warnings in a speech to a Joint Session of Congress...."Our war on terror begins with Al Qaeda but it does not end there. It will not end until every terrorist group of global reach has been found, stopped, and defeated.....every nation, in the region, now has a decision to make: either you are with us, or with the terrorists. From this day forward, any nation that continues to harbor or support terrorism will be regarded by the United States as a hostile regime."
A little over a month later in his State of the Union address on January 29th, 2002 the President mentioned WMDs in regards to these nations. I remember it well....my head dropped....I believe....and I just shook it side to side. By adding WMDs into the mix President Bush set in motion the confusion on that war in Iraq that exists up to today. Terrorism was a threat to the United States....and Saddam Hussein was a part of it....that's all he needed. The inclusion of WMDs was an opening for others to greatly hinder America's effort in Iraq. This has been my take on it anyway...since that day.
What happened tonight in Syria was not a national security issue.....it wasn't even an issue of compassion as much as it was geopolitical strategy......and bad geopolitical strategy. Russia will respond sooner or later in one way or another. Someone else may respond. There's not a lick of wisdom in either Donald Trump.....or Teresa May.....or Emanuel (God with us) Macron.
Did President Trump have the right to do what he did? No.....this was more than a precision attack on a small country....this was an invitation to escalation.....and something as serious as that requires that the Congress be involved....as they were with Iraq.
There was no emergency here. This administration had time to put this before the Congress.....instead they informed the Congress as it began.
A little over a month later in his State of the Union address on January 29th, 2002 the President mentioned WMDs in regards to these nations. I remember it well....my head dropped....I believe....and I just shook it side to side. By adding WMDs into the mix President Bush set in motion the confusion on that war in Iraq that exists up to today. Terrorism was a threat to the United States....and Saddam Hussein was a part of it....that's all he needed. The inclusion of WMDs was an opening for others to greatly hinder America's effort in Iraq. This has been my take on it anyway...since that day.
What happened tonight in Syria was not a national security issue.....it wasn't even an issue of compassion as much as it was geopolitical strategy......and bad geopolitical strategy. Russia will respond sooner or later in one way or another. Someone else may respond. There's not a lick of wisdom in either Donald Trump.....or Teresa May.....or Emanuel (God with us) Macron.
Did President Trump have the right to do what he did? No.....this was more than a precision attack on a small country....this was an invitation to escalation.....and something as serious as that requires that the Congress be involved....as they were with Iraq.
There was no emergency here. This administration had time to put this before the Congress.....instead they informed the Congress as it began.
