Exactly. For some people somehow bombing the shit out of a country and killing thousands is less abhorrent than killing a hundred as long as you don't use chemical bombs.
The way democrats are praising Trump for this is so freaking hilarious. These attacks are only to redeem Trump (especially regrading his relationship with Russia). They can't even prove that Assad did that, and why on earth would he? (think about it, is there a single reason explaining the use of chemical weapons killing ~80 people?) If there was one single soul in the US government (this one and the previous) who cared about Syrians, the rebels wouldn't have been funded and armed. Sure, nobody in Russia or Iran gives a damn about Syrians either, but they don't claim to do so either.
I don't get the praise from the opposition either. Except perhaps they know bombing other countries is popular in general, so they don't wanna be seen opposing it. Look at this clown for example. I bet he's sexually aroused saying these words.
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But as for reason Assad would do It's too simple to think he has none. First of all he committed so many atrocities that using Sarin to kill another 100 pales comparison. I can't think of any reasons for many of his past actions either because I cannot think like a psychopath. Why did he respond that fiercely to a bunch of protesters in 2011? Why did he use chemical weapons in 2013? Why doesn't he take an immunity deal and go live somewhere else to stop this horror? If Assad didn't do this, then who did? who has the power to manufacture Sarin which has a shelf life of a couple of weeks if it's not pure enough? To me it's much more likely that Assad (or a rogue element in Syrian government) did this rather than the rebels.
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Agree but at the end It was his decision. He passed bills at the macho man way
Of course there's no excuse for Obama for drawing a red line and then doing shit and being bluffed by Putin and Assad. But Obama started to act unilaterally mostly after 2014 midterms.
But again, that's not an excuse. He fucked up his foreign policy, and congress helped him do just that.