So first he wants to back out of Syria

[conuly]

Which, okay, our presence there has hardly helped matters, but leaving without an exit plan isn't going to be an improvement.

And then once he was told he couldn't do that, he decided to bomb the hell out of Syria.

There's some sort of logic here, I suppose, but it only makes sense on Bizarro-Earth.

A great man said something about this situation once. What was it? Oh, yes: “The President must get Congressional approval before attacking Syria-big mistake if he does not!”

Comments

[conuly]

THEN MAYBE WE CAN REDIRECT SOME OF THAT CASH TO THE CIVILIANS HERE AT HOME!

[archangelbeth]

You would THINK!

(I am just fed up to here with everything and am on-board with the concepts of Universal Basic Income and Medicare For All and taxing Amazon and whatnot to do it.)

[conuly]

Also in favor of spending a little less on (yet another surplus) air carrier and a little more on the actual troops

Trigger Warning: War on Terror

[peoriapeoriawhereart]

When 9/11 wasn't quite still the active recovery scene, there was a delegated to speak member of the Intelligence that acknowledged that up to that point they knew that somewhere on their desks there was the One, that they wouldn't find until it Happened. They didn't have the staff to get to everything fast enough, unless they were lucky and got to the ones that mattered.

And then people with languages started getting kicked out for homosexuality.

Re: Trigger Warning: War on Terror

[conuly]

And then people with languages started getting kicked out for homosexuality.

Well. Serves us right.

Re: Trigger Warning: War on Terror

[peoriapeoriawhereart]

It is one of those times a causal relationship does apply

You cast out your translators, you reap what you sow, you couldn't read the writings and stop things.

Most of the time, the bolts of lightening just don't come OR the 'reason' is slapped on as rebranding.

[archangelbeth]

Amen.