More tragedy out of Syria as Assad has launched another chemical attack on civilians. Trump responded by blaming Iran, Russia (Putin by name), and Obama. I am pleased that he is calling out Putin after having nice things to say about him or nothing at all. So even if he doesn't blame Putin for meddling in our election, he is at least acknowledging his support of Assad in using chemical weapons. But did Trump also emboldened Assad by saying that the U.S. will be pulling out of Syria soon? Didn't he criticized Obama for letting the enemy know that we will be gone soon?
As I said before, Obama's handling of Assad's chemical weapon usage was a big blunder. You don't draw a line in the sand if you are not prepared to act once that line is crossed. My question was: how far are we willing to go to back up the line. Trump bombed Syria last year. Did that do much? I don't think so. Even before this chemical attack, Assad had been tough on civilians who are not on his side or just happen to be in the way. So big time bombing did basically nothing. What is Trump going to do now? Are we willing to put more troops on the ground, a complete turn around from what Trump just said? Are we prepared to confront the Russians in the sky if we impose a no fly zone?
Most presidents would age years thinking about all these poor options. Trump usually just wings it. Now he has John Bolton starting as national security advisor on Monday. Bolton is one of the worst hawks in the history of this country. He called for attacking North Korea and Iran. He still thinks the Iraq war was a good thing! By the way, national security advisor does not need Senate confirmation. Which is too bad because I don't think Bolton would have been confirmed. Now that he starts work tomorrow, when are we going to see mass attacks on Syria?
Sunday, April 08, 2018
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My guess is that nothing will happen in Syria. I think there will be a lot of lip service and threats, but in the end, nothing will happen. As much talking that Trump does, he hasn't shown that he is willing to go into war, especially with his friends the Russians on the other side. The bombing last year was a show of strength but when he realized it didn't do much, he has backed down.
ReplyDeleteI also think he's shown that he doesn't follow the advice of his advisers, so we might not see many of Bolton's radical ideas come to life, especially overseas. Though I will say that Bolton might be able to act without White House approval on domestic issues, but we'll see what his ideas are. By the way, I hadn't heard of this Bolton guy until recently. When I heard Bolton was being considered for the job, I immediately thought that they were talking about the singer, Michael Bolton!
-LBOAYM
If you get confused, Michael Bolton has long hair and sings "when a man loves a woman". John Bolton has a mustache and yells "when a man loves a war".
ReplyDeleteIn the past week, Shohei Ohtani started two games and won both, hit in three games and homered in all three. The Angels won the five games he played in and lost the other two. The Angels sold out yesterday which they never do in a regular season game, not even opening games. When people ask if this is easy for him, he said absolutely not, that he knows he will slump in the future so he is practicing and learning everyday so that the slumps will not be as long. So he is at least like Mike Trout and Clayton Kershaw when those two first came up, absolutely humble and focused. Of course, he is trying to be both of them!