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Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi endorse Trump’s attack in Syria

Apr 7, 2017 6:51 pm By Robert Spencer

That in itself ought to give Trump pause. They haven’t suddenly decided to become generous and bipartisan. They are, if anything, consistent. Trump is now working from the Obama playbook, aiding jihad groups as he did, and so the Democrats couldn’t be more pleased. At last he is presidential. But he is betraying the promises he made that propelled him into the White House.

“Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi endorse Trump’s attack in Syria,” by Anna Giaritelli, Washington Examiner, April 7, 2017:

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi broke with fellow Democrats who had criticized President Trump’s military action against Syria to endorse the move late Thursday.

“Making sure Assad knows that when he commits such despicable atrocities he will pay a price is the right thing to do,” Schumer said in a statement released late Thursday. “I salute the professionalism and skill of our Armed Forces who took action today.”

“Tonight’s strike in Syria appears to be a proportional response to the the regime’s use of chemical weapons,” Pelosi said in a statement.

Following the missile launch at 8:40 p.m. Thursday, some Democratic lawmakers criticized Trump for not asking Congress’ permission before choosing to launch 59 Tomahawk missiles at an airbase in west Syria where it’s believed Tuesday’s chemical weapon attack originated….

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  1. Voytek Gagalka says

    Apr 7, 2017 at 7:06 pm

    Cheering Trump in hope (and expectation) that he will find his Vietnam. And then they will mercilessly descend on him like hungry sharks and piranhas on a victim. They destroyed even one of their own (Johnson) when he sank in quagmire of the first Vietnam, they who so enthusiastically supported him in the first place.

    • Steve Klein says

      Apr 7, 2017 at 7:17 pm

      “Cheering Trump in hope (and expectation) that he will find his Vietnam,” will depend on whether President Trump goes down the ill-advised path George W. Bush and Barack Obama went down in Iraq, Libya and Egypt.

    • Sue Campbell says

      Apr 7, 2017 at 8:57 pm

      Shame on you. Are you an Islamic radical supporter

  2. Steve Klein says

    Apr 7, 2017 at 7:10 pm

    Be very careful Mr. Spencer.

    • Jerry says

      Apr 7, 2017 at 8:38 pm

      Spencer is always careful. It’s Trump that needs to be more cautious.

    • steve1 says

      Apr 7, 2017 at 9:24 pm

      What is that supposed to mean? Of WHAT and shall we say WHOM is Mr. Spencer supposed to be “very careful”? Please clarify your thoughts.

  3. JS says

    Apr 7, 2017 at 7:36 pm

    Mr. Spencer, with all due respect, I think it’s premature to say that “Trump is now working from the Obama playbook, aiding jihad groups as he did, and so the Democrats couldn’t be more pleased. At last he is presidential. But he is betraying the promises he made that propelled him into the White House.”

    • Sassy says

      Apr 7, 2017 at 8:45 pm

      I agree. Mr. Spencer is on the wrong path. He doesn’t see the bigger picture.

      There are three goals: 1) get rid of Islamic State. Assad is doing quite well and Trump will leave him alone 2) repatriate Sunni Muslim refugees to prevent a bigger invasion in our countries and 3) protection of Christians.

      Assad will have to step down eventually since the Sunni refugees hate Assad. Mid-East leaders will handle the ground forces and Assad replacement.

      All three goals will be achieved quite quickly, I give it some six months.

      • al norm says

        Apr 7, 2017 at 9:09 pm

        Then you have no idea. Which Mid East leaders? This is a quagmire. Trump , a business man is well out of his depth. Arab, tribal and Islamic, they can only be ruled by an iron fist. For1400 this has been so.

        • steve1 says

          Apr 7, 2017 at 10:45 pm

          Once the secular Baathist regime in Syria falls, Syrian Christians who have enjoyed Assad`s erstwhile protection will be exposed to the murdering Jihadist savages known in the media as “rebels’ and what the McCainites euphemistically refer to as “moderates”, who will then seek to quickly fill the political void created by the ensuing chaos. These radical Islamic fanatics which Mr. Trump has long led us to believe he vehemently opposes, will then try to impose a Sharia compliant dystopia that Syrian Christians will be challenged to survive. Of course they will be mercilessly persecuted and slaughtered as they have been everywhere throughout the ages where these types of savages come into control, that is why there is now hardly any Christians left in these areas where ancient Christendom flourished and was once so predominant. I believe
          Mr. Trump knows who these rebels are, and is aware of the dangers of invading Syria. Look at his tweets from 2013, the last time they tried to frame Assad and goad us into invading. At that time Trump was against going into Syria. One of the reasons I, and a great many others voted for him was because of his stance on Syria and the M.E. throughout his campaign. It is unreasonable to expect someone`s support if you change your policy on such an important issue 180 degrees once you have been elected. Once this thing escalates, it may not be just the Syrian Christians who are endangered,we may all be facing a WWIII scenario with nuclear armed combatants. You Can Contact the White House Here:
          https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact

        • Gail says

          Apr 8, 2017 at 8:32 am

          These should help to get the bigger picture:

          https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2017/04/05/president-abdel-fattah-al-sisi-discusses-his-optimism-for-president-trumps-freedom-alliance/

          https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2017/04/05/president-trump-vs-deep-state-big-club-and-u-s-media/

        • Nancy Assaf says

          Apr 8, 2017 at 9:59 am

          I don’t think Trump is more out of his depth than Obama was.

      • Anti-islam warrior says

        Apr 8, 2017 at 12:51 am

        Watch the interviews of Assad in this article:

        http://shoebat.com/2017/04/07/trump-betrays-his-supporters-and-syrias-christians-goes-all-in-to-support-islamic-terrorists-the-neocon-swamp-and-its-evil-agenda/

      • Felix Quigley says

        Apr 9, 2017 at 2:59 am

        Assad will have to step down…you say and why? Because the Muslims will not accept him

        And there indeed is the crux.

        That is always the divide between opportunists and principled fighters for truth

        • Felix Quigley says

          Apr 9, 2017 at 3:08 am

          Come to think of it…these big imperialists can talk and act big with 56 cruise missiles at hand. Like the Netanyahu big splurges into Gaza

          But they cannot face down the Muslims on the small and main issues

          Like Netanyahu gives in to Israeli Arabs the main threat

          And Trump now more and more accepts illegal immigration

          In other words they are so big with their big guns…but when real courage is needed they have none!

    • Anti-islam warrior says

      Apr 7, 2017 at 11:48 pm

      First, do show us concrete evidence from some impartial reports proving that Assad used chemical weapon. I watched Mark Levin show today where he was going to show the evidence. All he had were clips and videos from CNN, NYT and other msm. The videos shown were mostly old stuffs submitted by rebel jihadis with bias intent. They weren’t verified or substantiated by independent examiners on the videos and on site inspection.

      The videos show the “victims” appearing more like actors with no apparent symptoms of chemical burnt and those in bombed out areas showed all victims, young or old, with fully intact body and skin. No bruises, no cuts, no bloods when shown they were lying in rubble. One elderly male “victim” just laid there peacefully on his back with both hands resting calmly on both sides of his chest. Really?

      • Anti-islam warrior says

        Apr 7, 2017 at 11:55 pm

        Now, I begin to wonder who is/are behind this in advising Trump? The neocon warmongering leftover from bush or the progressive dark deep power of obama leftover swamp? Could Trump’s military strategist, McMaster and his gang, the culprit?

        • Shmooviyet says

          Apr 8, 2017 at 3:14 am

          Agreed, @Anti-islam warrior..
          Heard ML’s outrage over the latest victim images two nights ago. He automatically believes the news outlets he so often bashes for lying. Why so trusting now? He ignored the little problem of the UN not being able to verify the gas attack for 48 hours afterwards.
          Not really surprised, as Levin always uses the Jasser-approved ‘radical islamic terror’ phrase. He saw what very well may have been faked/ recycled images and leapt emotionally, as did Trump apparently, imo.
          Will Levin be troubled by his ‘beloved’ Schumer/Pelosi now in agreement with his stance? He won’t mention it if so.
          Those two US-haters applauding this big DT blunder is a bone-chilling sign.

      • Carolyne says

        Apr 8, 2017 at 10:21 am

        I do not know but certainly hope that President Trump was shown real, recent footage of Syrian planes gas-bombing civilians. However, I doubt it. I fear we are on the wrong side in Syria. John McCain said that he knew the rebels in Syria were not Jihadi terrorists, because he had had lunch with then and they told him so.

        Assad is a tyrant, but he has not persecuted members of religions other than Islam. These “Rebels” will install an Islamic government with our help and our leaders will be “Surprised.” Just like Jimmy Carter was surprised after he forced the Shah to leave Iran.

  4. Mockingjay says

    Apr 7, 2017 at 7:41 pm

    Merkel also is quite content with Trump’s actions.

    That is saying enough, isn’t it?

    • DFD says

      Apr 8, 2017 at 1:57 am

      Speaks volumes upon volumes

  5. no_one says

    Apr 7, 2017 at 7:53 pm

    Democrats cheer him and supporters leave him. I am not the only one to stop supporting Trump.

    • steve1 says

      Apr 7, 2017 at 8:38 pm

      Me too. Contact the White house and let them know you do not support this. Even if you do not believe it will do any good, do it out of principle. I do not appreciate the way we have been mislead and played for fools.
      https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact

      • steve1 says

        Apr 7, 2017 at 8:54 pm

        NO U.S. WAR IN SYRIA!!!!

      • dumbledoresarmy says

        Apr 7, 2017 at 11:25 pm

        Yes, that is the best course of action.

        This is for Americans, since he is the American POTUS; but you can state that citizens of free Infidel countries, long allied with the USA, such as Australia, believe that it would be wisest to stay right out of Syria.

        By all means hammer Islamic State (and every other jihad outfit in the neighbourhood); but it would be much more productive, right now, to focus on preventing Muslims from entering America, and working out ways to eject all non-citizen Muslims – and scrutinise those who have *acquired* citizenship, with a view to removing citizenship from those that are engaged in sedition or outright treason, and can therefore be assumed to have LIED THROUGH THEIR TEETH (like the Times Square would-be jihadi openly stated he did) when they swore their pledge of allegiance on gaining citizenship.

        Emphasise that you want a BAN on all entry of persons with passports issued by OIC member states, UNLESS such persons, after very thorough examination (by NON-MUSLIM investigators), can be firmly identified as bona fide members of the persecuted indigenous non-Muslim minorities… such as Catholic Christians, from Syria, and Yazidis from Syria and Iraq, etc.

        State that you want Turkey OUT of NATO; they are dangerous and cannot be trusted and must not be trusted.

        State that you want ALL Infidel ‘aid’ to ALL Mohammedan entities to *cease*.

        Reiterate that NO Mohammedan, no matter how cleanshaven, besuited, and superficially westernised (Al-Sisi!) can or should be trusted. Urge Trump to have a long, private conversation with Raymond Ibrahim on the subject of islamic deception and deceptiveness. The dar al Islam is a snakepit with varous species of snake. The snakes may vary in their aggressiveness – but ALL are poisonous.

        Insist that Sunni Muslim House of Saud, Pakistan, Indonesia, Turkey, Qatar, the Emirates, Jordan, Egypt, the whole boiling, *every* Islamic entity, are ALL dangerous, just as dangerous as Shiite Islamic Iran, and CANNOT be trusted and WILL NOT keep any ‘deal’ that is made.

        Reiterate that you want the Muslim Brotherhood – and all their wholly-owned franchises, catspaws, proxies, agents and operatives – identified as a terrorist organisation – as, indeed, an Enemy Within – and *removed*, root and branch.

        Oh, and insist that the American Embassy MUST move to Jerusalem *before* Easter. Preferably, by Passover.

        • Marsha5 says

          Apr 8, 2017 at 8:13 pm

          And now the “regime change” mantra resurfaces. The smell of the Saudi gas pipe line thru Syria appears likely if Assad is
          gone. This will break the Russian dominance in European gas/oil supplies. Nothing tó do with innocent dead children. Áll about US access tó the resource rich wealth of the Middle East.
          The Neo-Con ” Contract for a New American Century” appears back on schedule.

  6. somehistory says

    Apr 7, 2017 at 8:10 pm

    The look on her aged face says he’s whispering “sweet nothing”…emphasis on the “nothings”…in her ear.

    Vultures couldn’t look any smugger or ready to pounce.

  7. More Ham Ed says

    Apr 7, 2017 at 8:16 pm

    I voted for not_hillabeans. Trump is 70+ but still immature, reactive, takes things personally etc. A top world leader should be strong with law & order but know to dampen reactions and build consensus. At least Trump loves ham & bacon I think.

  8. vulc says

    Apr 7, 2017 at 8:19 pm

    Yes both were heard talking to others mentioning they wished Obama
    was not such a pushover too when he was in charge.

  9. Jerry says

    Apr 7, 2017 at 8:25 pm

    Spencer is right. Trump screwed up. In the larger scheme of things Trump could have made a better choice than helping ISIS. Trump is getting sucked into the same old paradigm of kill kill kill, but he needs to think think think, too. Assad and Russia are not our buddies, but we had a perfect opportunity to reinforce a shared moral perogative in the fight against ISIS. Everyone knows Assad and Russia have their own selfish motives, of course they do. But in the mass confusion the world is in, I do think it would have served us better if Trump had stayed true to his stated goal by at least posturing with Russia and Assad against ISIS. This attack against Assad is a mixed signal that is going to hurt us. It’s a message to the world that we are not on the same page with those fighting rebels and terrorists. Better to not have gotten involved at all than to attack the lesser of two enemies. Now we have Russia to contend with over this. Maybe Trump had something to prove, that he and Putin weren’t lovers after all. I don’t know. But whatever he’s thinking it doesn’t seem at all consistent with the blowing wind. I’ve looked at this from every angle my little brain can ponder. But I always get the same conclusion, this attack on Assad was like spitting in the wind.

  10. RCCA says

    Apr 7, 2017 at 8:26 pm

    Since the 2016 election the Democrats have been obstructionists and increasingly foolish looking with their petulance over the Garland nomination, their filibuster on Gorsuch, their refusal to negotiate a replacement of Obamacare, their refusal to accept the election result and their insistence that Russia caused Trump’s victory.

    I find this “support” of Trump by Pelosi and Schemer to be a last gasp attempt by Democratic leadership to retain some relevance as a political party.

    • RCCA says

      Apr 7, 2017 at 8:27 pm

      auto correct does it again. Schumer

      • More Ham Ed says

        Apr 7, 2017 at 9:35 pm

        “Pelosi and Schemer” sounds better!

        • Keys says

          Apr 7, 2017 at 9:59 pm

          I like Losi and Schmer.

  11. common sense says

    Apr 7, 2017 at 8:37 pm

    Trumps team leaves me feeling a bit betrayed now and Trump a disappointment. He needs ro stop here and let smoke clear. Don’t go all dubya after saying dubya and Barry screwed the pooch. We still need to know more.

    • common sense says

      Apr 7, 2017 at 8:44 pm

      Gorsuch is in, our border security is tighter and the economy will be allowed to grow and we can fix our infrastructure. There are positives, lets keep it together. Trump is still better than Hillary for America and we could have expected no response from Clinton and the same from Barry.

  12. Jeffrey says

    Apr 7, 2017 at 9:24 pm

    You know you’ve made the wrong call when it’s supported by Pelosi and Schumer.

  13. mortimer says

    Apr 7, 2017 at 10:10 pm

    For the US to attack Assad’s military, there must be overwhelming evidence that Assad used gas.

    • dumbledoresarmy says

      Apr 7, 2017 at 11:32 pm

      I can only assume that maybe the Israelis knew something.

      I would hazard the guess that what they don’t know about what is happening in Syria can be written on the back of a five-cent coin. They have Arabic speakers at their disposal who are NOT Muslims and NOT dhimmis; people who have their ears to the ground all the time. They have their ‘ears’ on the Golan Heights, listening in on the ‘chatter’.

      *And* they have plenty of Russian speakers, people who understand Russia.

      Possibly *they* passed Trump some critical game-changing information that precipitated this particular action that appears so unexpected.

      • dumbledoresarmy says

        Apr 7, 2017 at 11:34 pm

        I should have written, perhaps, “…maybe the Israelis knew – or had just *found out* – something. Something bad.”

    • Carolyne says

      Apr 8, 2017 at 10:27 am

      I agree with Mortimer, and I hope there is overwhelming evidence that Assad was the party responsible for the gas attack. However, I still support Trump. I would never be disloyal to him because I disagree with one of his actions. When one looks at what he has accomplished during his mere three months in office, it is astonishing. I disagree with this Syrian action, but I still like Trump and am happy he is my President. I am not a rat jumping ship.

      • Mark Swan says

        Apr 8, 2017 at 4:12 pm

        Absolutely Carolyne

  14. Matthieu Baudin says

    Apr 7, 2017 at 10:47 pm

    It’s important that chemical weapons attacks are met with consequences for the offending party. It’s also important to get this war finished soon and this will require keeping the Syrian Government Forces largely intact together with the main arms of its police forces to keep law and order and the stability needed for a transition away from rule by the Assad family. It looks as though this gassing was a flushing maneuver to get Jihadi fighters out into the open where they could more readily be shot – and of course this guess may be entirely wrong. Nevertheless, if the evidence is there that gas was used, I’d say that a measured military response from the President was justified morally and as a deterrent to continued use of poison gas. At the same time, what is urgently needed are high precision weapons and bunker busting bombs to reach the bunkered terrorists and these should be provided via Russian and American sources. Let’s no forget in all this that Damascus was saved and the war turned around primarily by the concerted efforts of Syrian Goverment Forces and Kurdish Militias at enormous loss of life to these two groups and we have a moral responsibility to recognise this fact.

    • dumbledoresarmy says

      Apr 7, 2017 at 11:36 pm

      Hugh Fitzgerald, long time associate and colleague of Mr Spencer’s, was of the opinion that whatever happened to the Assad dynasty, the best scenario – and this is best for the Syrian Christians, Druze and other small non-Islamic groups – would be for the *Alawites* to remain in power.

    • Carolyne says

      Apr 8, 2017 at 10:29 am

      Mattheiu Baudin, I agree with all you say.

  15. TJFreedomjihad says

    Apr 8, 2017 at 12:17 am

    It is with this clip of tonight, on O’Reilley, with the near singular professional steadiness of Catherine Herridge, that the only and best EVIDENCE, is presented, that is the prime believable evidence, that DJT was not taken advantage of by the many snakes in the swamp, on both sides of the uniparty, in this matter: http://video.foxnews.com/v/5390158090001/?#sp=show-clips

    I’ve seen much to support a false flag set-up, but this is strong enough, assuming true, that refutes all the arguments of ‘false flag’.

    Catherine Herridge is their true gem female correspondent, as a true remarkable pro woman. One who is, as a woman, at the very pinnacle of professionalism. When she reports, I have learned to listen, although Judge Janine has been the other top female favorite, as well.

    I am a Trump supporter-believer, as he has done so much great revision and reorientation for America, already, and is capable of so very much more which we all need so very much. But this action, although supporting the concept heartily as a conservative, and its multiple positive side effects, has, as with so many other individuals, torn me due to the miserable reality of the massive DC snake farm overgrowth that has occurred since the election, and was in place like an army of snakes, before his election.

    We are in war, already, deeply, including hot with islam, with a much too hostile world, and my fear is mistakes made surrounded by the evil, failure wishing, hostiles, the many anti Americans, given particular birth to by and encouragement of, by the anti American hussein-soros axis, surrounding us, still.

  16. DFD says

    Apr 8, 2017 at 1:54 am

    “…..But he is betraying the promises….”

    So far he betrayed all of them, except the Mexican wall. And Bannon is out, four Goldman Sachs guys in, one of them a Soros man…

    Brother have you (Americans) been had – and therewith your European well wishers too.

  17. Dominic says

    Apr 8, 2017 at 3:48 am

    Fynn lied he resigned. Trump lied and he needs to resign.

    The scenario is ISIS will plant Sarin Gas in stashes throughout Syria, and when Trump Missiles come in, detonates and release the toxins that kill everyone. Who is to blame? The same with N. Korea. Trump Cruise Missiles Kim and it hits the Nuke Stockpile and a mushroom cloud engulfs the entire Korea’s leaving thousands of years of radiation contamination also into Russia, China, and Japan. No more Agriculture, no food, water, milk, meat, fish. Everyone will starve to death, or put huge pressure on the International bodies. Trump is a fool, and idiot.

  18. Linda Cohen says

    Apr 8, 2017 at 3:57 am

    I’m no expert: so I read and try to understand things.

    Joseph Klein at Front Page:
    Trump’s Right Move Against Assad
    The days of a weak-kneed Obama are over.
    April 7, 2017
    By: Joseph Klein

    On April 4th dozens of people, including children, died in a horrific way as a result of a chemical attack in a northern rebel-held area of Syria. Intelligence sources point to the regime of President Bashar al-Assad as responsible for the attack, which was carried out by relatively sophisticated aircraft and followed up by an air attack on a hospital treating the wounded. The United States, the United Kingdom and France promptly called for an emergency session of the United Nations Security Council to consider a draft resolution condemning the attack and demanding a thorough impartial investigation by the UN’s Joint Investigative Mechanism. Russia balked at such a resolution, and, along with the Syrian regime itself, blamed terrorists for the attack.

    More than a day of negotiations in an attempt to reach agreement on a consensus resolution proved to be futile. On Thursday evening, President Trump decided to launch a missile attack against the airbase within Syria said to have been the staging ground from where the chemical attack was launched. Trump had declared his red line just the day before and, unlike former President Obama, swiftly followed through with a narrowly targeted, proportionate attack to deter Assad from any further use of deadly chemical weapons.

    On Friday morning, Bolivia, a non-permanent member of the Security Council, requested an open meeting of the Security Council to decry what its ambassador called an aggressive unilateral action in which the United States assumed the position of “investigator, prosecutor, judge, jury and executioner.” Russian Ambassador Vladimir Safronkov used his remarks to lash out at what he claimed were the “illegitimate actions of the US.” He warned that “the aggression by the US has only facilitated the strengthening of terrorism.” Ambassador Safronov claimed that the draft resolution that had been proposed by the US, the UK and France was “greatly erroneous, based on predetermining Damascus being guilty.” He asked rhetorically, “Where is your principle of assuming innocence?” He accused the three Western permanent members of the Security Council of harboring the “paranoiac idea of overthrowing the legitimate government of Syria.” All Russia has asked for, he said, was a professional independent investigation with experts selected “on a geographical basis.”

    U.S. Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, presided over the Security Council meeting as its president this month. Waiting until the other members of the Council had spoken, she then addressed the Council in her national capacity and delivered a short but pointed rebuke to Russia’s apologies for the Syrian regime. She said that the time had come for action, noting that Russia was prepared to use its veto power again, as it had done 7 times previously, to protect the Assad regime and thwart any action by the Security Council. “Further delay would only have strengthened Assad. We were not going to allow that,” Ambassador Haley said. “The US took a very measured step last night. We are prepared to do more. But we hope that will not be necessary.” ….

    Also:
    Yes to Bombing Syria | Roman at The Hill Middle East Forum

    http://www.meforum.org/6636/syria-trump-doctrine?utm_source=Middle+East+Forum&utm_campaign=b90fc21dd3-roman_gregg_2017_04_08&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_086cfd423c-b90fc21dd3-33959149&goal=0_086cfd423c-b90fc21dd3-33959149

    Only time will tell.

  19. Demsci says

    Apr 8, 2017 at 4:28 am

    For what it is worth; and I don’t know to what extent at all;

    Vladimir Putin has a domestic minority of Muslims who in vast majority are SUNNITE Muslims, as are the inhabitants of Central Asian republics. BUT he supports Assad and Iran, who butcher sunnite Muslims by the thousands, like in Aleppo. And it shows on TV, no doubt about that. Does n’t his policy go against the grain of Russia’s interests?

    And now Trump get’s hailed and commended by so many Sunnite Muslim leaders. And even to the extent that he shames them for them doing too little and he finally doing something to curb Assad.

    I know how treacherous and completely unttrustworthy Al Qaida and most Sunny leaders and hundreds of millions of Muslims are.

    But ….. did Trump not put some dire needed pause and puzzlement and even support into the heads of hundreds of millions of others among the Sunnite Muslims worldwide? Did he not give even counterjihadists this argument that an American president did something good for Sunnite Muslims, even though he knew it would not be reciprocated?

    And didn’t you notice the great support, politically and morally, of the Israeli’s?! Did it not occur to you that this is also a great snub of Israel’s greatest enemy; Iran?

  20. Loutchia says

    Apr 8, 2017 at 9:14 am

    Hey we calm down there! Trump only bombed a site with chemical weapons! There were not a dozen or thousands of victims! Donald Trump did not attack SYRIA! MUST STOP WITH YOUR BULLSHIT

    • Carolyne says

      Apr 8, 2017 at 10:34 am

      Agreed. What kind of person turns against a great man for one action he considers a mistake?. Time will tell whether this was a mistake. I assume that the President of the United States has much more information about the situation in Syria than I do and I trust him to use that information judiciously.

  21. 7%Solution says

    Apr 8, 2017 at 9:26 am

    Yep, even Fareed Zakaria is praising Trump for the strikes against Syria.

  22. Angemon says

    Apr 8, 2017 at 9:40 am

    Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi broke with fellow Democrats who had criticized President Trump’s military action against Syria to endorse the move late Thursday.

    Imagine my surprise!!!

  23. Sandra Bleakley says

    Apr 8, 2017 at 10:59 am

    Just heard Syrian Plane was shot down carrying Chemical Weapons. In other words it was an accident and not a deliberate attack by the Assad Regime

  24. overman says

    Apr 8, 2017 at 11:46 am

    l find it hard to believe Assad did this a week after he was told he’d be allowed to stay in power. Why then, would he use chemical weapons on his own ppl [l think it’s been confirmed that Syria doesn’t have these weapons anyway]?
    Apparently, the ‘White Helmets’ [can’t be trusted BTW] were treating victims with bare hands and ordinary face-masks – neither of which protect you from Sarin-Type gas [pics in the vid below].
    Sounds like a False-Flag to me – obviously the Globalists want Assad out of the picture.

  25. Lioness says

    Apr 8, 2017 at 12:20 pm

    There is no way on earth that Assad had anything to do with the chemical attack, if it even happened. The whole think stinks to heaven; it was either staged, fake (what happened to the person filming the attack? Did he wear a gas mask knowing this in advance?), or it was done by ISIS to frame Assad. US swallowed the bait and ISIS is delighted. Finally with US help they are closer to Assad’s removal and the takeover of Syria. What a blunder! Naturally Nancy Pelose and the criminal Dem gang are pleased.

    • overman says

      Apr 8, 2017 at 12:47 pm

      “(what happened to the person filming the attack? Did he wear a gas mask knowing this in advance?)”

      Good question, Lioness.

    • 762x51FMJ says

      Apr 8, 2017 at 4:23 pm

      It works like this.

      Obama 2013 red line
      Beg UN to ask Russia to disarm Assad.

      Trump 2017 Red Line
      ANY government on earth who uses forbidden weapons under the articles of war against ANY civilian population shall receive hell fire and tomahawk.

  26. Don McKellar says

    Apr 8, 2017 at 5:18 pm

    Let me spell it out for you because you’re still not getting it: PELOSI AND SCHUMER ARE PLAYING TO THEIR BASE WHO GO NUTS EVERY TIME A MOSLEM IS HURT. THAT’S IT. THAT’S ALL THERE IS TO THIS. PERIOD. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANYTHING ELSE. IT DOES NOT IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM REDUCE THE MORAL CORRECTNESS OF DOING THIS LIMITED STRIKE. NOR THE MASSIVE CRED THAT TRUMP GAINED INTERNATIONALLY BY DOING THIS IN PLACES HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE MIDDLE EAST. THERE IS A GREAT BIG WORLD OUT THERE.

    Robert, have you not thought for even a minute about how this was done? Have you not examined the details of it? Trump did not go “full McCain” or “full Graham” and take out Assad, did not wipe out his air force. Nor did he even completely wipe out this airfield! No, he did not. What he did was the smartest move seen in over eight years for foreign policy by an American President. In one move he shook up the fat dwarf in North Korea, made the Chinese leader a “friend”, made the mad mullahs in Iran furious, and, yes, even suckered in Saudi Arabia and Sunni pals to, in the not so distant future, do his bidding. He also, believe it or not, set up Russia and put Putin in a bad place — or a good place if he dances to Trump’s tune. YOU WATCH, ROBERT. Just like during the election where you really didn’t get it until near the very end, Trump is several steps ahead of everybody else.

    • Renee says

      Apr 8, 2017 at 5:23 pm

      right and right again!

    • Infidel lives matter says

      Apr 8, 2017 at 6:05 pm

      Everyone knows that it was a very limited attack. So why do you believe that world leaders are pissing their pants over this very limited attack? Putin, Kim et al are supposedly shaking in their boots, but you the expert know that it’s all for show and that he won’t escalate things?

    • overman says

      Apr 8, 2017 at 6:08 pm

      “, made the Chinese leader a “friend”, made the mad mullahs in Iran furious, and, yes, even suckered in Saudi Arabia and Sunni pals to, in the not so distant future, do his bidding”

      Yes, l think this might be his agenda, and he’s just playing the fools around him. This was mostly a warning shot for North Korea, l think. lt all depends on who’s pulling the strings behind Trump.

  27. Renee says

    Apr 8, 2017 at 5:22 pm

    Perhaps none of us see things for what they are. But as far as I can see, I am glad that president Trump drew a line. If the most powerful nation on earth would keep watching on how evil grows like a cancer, then what is it powerful for? What use then does the God-given power to the USA and president Trump have? Be glad with your president! Or do you want to swap with leaders like Erdogan, Putin, Kim Un and the like?

  28. UNCLE VLADDI says

    Apr 8, 2017 at 5:32 pm

    Is Trump really the moron we all hoped he wasn’t, after all?!

    Is his ego really so large and fragile that he’d betray us to muslims, and muslims to ISIS (because the air-base he struck down WAS the only thing stopping ISIS from enslaving the normal muslims, Christians and Yezidis in that area of Syria) simply to have his most dedicated enemies praise him for once?!

    He’ll be one’ of the most despised one-term presidents of all time if he keeps this up!

  29. Troybeam says

    Apr 8, 2017 at 7:40 pm

    24 hours later not so much, Nana and Schumer need retirement , Gitmo is almost empty lets fill it with these 2 and add Obama, Brennen,Ryan, Val jarrett, Obama entire administration, any law enforcement, judges or elected officials who does not uphold, protect and defend our Constitution all can have a room at Gitmo, Pork & beef bologna sandwiches…3x daily , pink outfits, must stay in cells except for meals, what can be played 24/7 oh yes Islamic call to prayer pipped in just for the guest, not the personal watching over them, these people have helped bankrupt our nation and have lived in wealth on the backs of Americans, time they live with what we the people have had to live with. Confiscate all monies, use funds for Vets, build up military, pay current military and countless other needs.

  30. Tom W Harris says

    Apr 9, 2017 at 4:05 am

    Shroomer to Pelosi: “Hey, nice jihads. Old, but nice.”

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