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Old 04-08-2017, 12:58 PM   #899
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What do they harp about? Endgame or endstate. They are concerned there is no endgame and this was an exercise of military might but without a big picture plan. This has always been the concern about Trump. He's a sociopath and sociopaths are impulsive. This is a time when you wish he were more psychpathic in his ways, because psychopaths plan everything out in excruciating detail. There doesn't appear to be much.detail here. This was a flexing of muscle without engaging the brain.
I think people are over-analyzing this. Syria crossed a line that the world has agreed shouldn't be crossed, and the US punished them for it. It's a simple black and white, 'law and order' transaction that seems pretty consistent with Trump's general approach (his previous tweets about Obama's handing of Syria notwithstanding).

All the discussion about effectiveness, impact on strategy, why don't regular bombs count, this is helping ISIS, this is a false flag, etc. seem to be reaching for a bigger story.
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