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Old 04-09-2017, 08:21 PM   #909
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Had dinner last night with a senior military official at this armed forces event https://www.cafconnection.ca/Edmonton/EveofVictory.aspx

He's served in Syria and hates Trump but agrees with the attack.
Not surprised: the move against Assad isn't something that is necessarily a partisan issue.

however, i think, at least for me, i find it pretty funny that Trump was absolutely hammering Obama NOT to attack Syria only four years ago... that he ran on a policy of "America First" which promoted the idea of isolationism... and he flipped 180 degrees in a span of a week.

Ultimately, the question isn't so much whether its right to attack Assad, but more like, how far will Trump go?

Action in the middle east can lead to a quagmire, as all recent actions have demonstrated. And it cannot be resolved with punchy catch phrases and hollow campaign sloganeering....
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