Trump bombs airfield Assad used for chemical attack

There is no such thing as a good foreign policy when you are dealing with unstable, brutal dictators and religious carnage.

So saying "Obama's foreign policy" or "Bush's foreign policy" all of that is just stupid. How can you have a successful foreign policy to that area in any fashion?

My opinion is I would prefer a non-war based foreign policy vs what Trump did and what Bush did..

Wars and strikes to areas that it will not accomplish anything is just more loss of life and waste of money. Bombing Syria does nothing at all, it accomplishes nothing. Removing Assad, Saddam, any dictator there is not solving the problem and potentially opens up a huge pandora's box like what happened when we stupidly killed Saddam.

So the real only winner today is Raytheon and other defense contractors who make money off war, nobody else wins because this is not a solution and there is no plan.

Raqqa is our objective. Maybe we can now negotiate with strength. 

Look up the definition of confront, slim. trump did not confront assad.

Agree on most all that except that Trump wins & benefits in 3/4 different ways. 1) it makes him look strong & decisive which for many idiots holds sway somewhat 2) diverts at least the media/public focus away from his & his compadres troubles with the probable Russian ties/involvements & that investigation at a time when his approval ratings were at an all-time low 3) gives the appearance of going against Putin/Russia which is of course, a farce 4) increases his approval from two of the most prominent repubs who had the balls/integrity to stand up to him to some degree in McCain & Graham. The strikes look far more political & wag the doggish on a couple fronts than anything else. He's an empty suit, master gaslighter & con man, pure & simple.  

Authority discuss in committees

. what happens with the current

Potential escalation. And address what

Should happen 90 days and ongoing from

Today. Trump only has 90 days from

First action to secure Congressional approval.

Start to negotiations for sustained 

Peace. In the free world nations.

Iran North Korea Russia and Assad are not so favorable in their review.

Yeah I see the same repeating theme from the conservative war buddies on this forum...all the "benefit" are posturing based and defensive with the purpose of making an impression on others and diverting from Trump's lack of experience and pathetic display so far.

What I do not see and have not seen is what the plan is for this situation, not a single person in this 70 plus reply thread has expressed anything with regards to how this is not an Iraq retread where we go and act tough, take action and "show the world" we are some super power blah blah blah....but the plan isnt there, the implementation of anything positive for longer than the tv sound bite is non-existent. 

So clap clap clap, it is obvious Trump and his corporate buddies watched Wag the Dog a few times and knows about the art of diversion...but what is the plan on actually doing something long term that has a POSITIVE impact on people, theirs and ours?

These pathetic shows of strength come at a cost of life and money and accomplish nothing...diversions fade, the issues still remain.

He confronted assad's action not assad

that is only the capital cost slim, now include the labor costs. I'm sure these missiles don't run themselves nor do the ships they came from nor all the labor that went into the mission. 

And since the syrians were using the airstrip the next day it must have really been worth it.

Once again your Words are Myth

So the cost of a ton of steel is 2 times the cost of materials, appears to me you don't have a clue.