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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
The decision to engage militarily needed to be made prior to taking that stance publicly. Doing otherwise damaged U.S. credibility.
But if he did authorize an intervention, it wouldn't be to "avoid criticism" so much as to protect people from the horror of having chemical weapons used against them. Obviously. I can't even believe I have to write that.
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I see, he should not be allowed to say something and then realize it was a mistake, without following through on his original statement. Maybe he didn't have the support he counted on, who knows, maybe something happened to make the plans change.
Must be nice to never say something you later realized was a mistake.
What about all of Trumps claims? I mentioned 2, he hasn't followed through on. Does he operate at different standards than past presidents?
Anyways, it seems the Trump administration is not too concerned about it.
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Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on a trip to Turkey that the "longer-term status of President Assad will be decided by the Syrian people."
And in New York, US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley was even stronger about the Trump administration's decision not to push for Assad's departure.
"Our priority is no longer to sit and focus on getting Assad out," Haley told wire reporters last week, according to AFP.
"Do we think he's a hindrance? Yes," she said. "Are we going to sit there and focus on getting him out? No."
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