TBT: Trump’s Twitter Rants on Syria are a Steaming Heap of Hypocrisy

Posted by on April 6, 2017 at 1:54 pm. 3 Comments :

The videos of Syrian children suffering and dying from chemical bombings are almost too awful to watch. But even as Donald Trump castigates Assad, he pivots to blame President Obama for the atrocity. Trump’s public comments so far manage to produce nothing but bluster and impotent finger-pointing. He chastises Obama for not having done enough, but over the past couple of years Trump has repeatedly argued for doing nothing at all.

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Now CNN is reporting that:

“President Donald Trump has told some members of Congress that he is considering military action in Syria in retaliation for this week’s chemical attack, and recognizes the seriousness of the situation, a source familiar with the calls tells CNN.”

In light of that news, let’s revisit his Twitter posts for the past three years:

Those last two tweets have particular significance. Any military action has the potential of going awry. Civilians are too often the victims, even in well-intentioned missions. And already Trump has presided over more than 1,400 civilian casualties in Syria and Iraq, according to some reports. More than 200 in one incident alone. And he’s been in office less than three months. Is this what he meant during the campaign when he said that he would “bomb the hell” out of ISIS?

Also, it will be interesting to see if Trump will comply with his demand to get congressional approval before taking any military action. Needless to say, Trump has not exactly been a bastion of consistency. But on this matter he will be challenged by his Republican colleagues on Capital Hill. Sen. Rand Paul has already said publicly that he will oppose any military moves on Syria without authorization from Congress.

There really are no good solutions to this problem. Surface level analyses that advocate sending in the Marines will almost certainly result in painful losses. That includes both innocent Syrians and American troops. But more complex combinations of diplomacy and international cooperation are seemingly beyond Trump’s mental capacity to comprehend. And none of these routes guarantee a desirable outcome.

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Unfortunately, America is now burdened with a leader who has no experience addressing these kinds of problems. Nor does he have any relationships with other world leaders. And he has recruited a staff that is just as unfit as he is. Does anyone really think that Jared Kushner or Rex Tillerson will find a path to peace? That leaves us with little more than crossed fingers and anxious hopes that the Pentagon will muster up some common sense and be able to exert some influence over our incompetent president. It isn’t much to hang onto, but it’s all we’ve got.

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3 thoughts on “TBT: Trump’s Twitter Rants on Syria are a Steaming Heap of Hypocrisy”

  1. We have an incompetent president with a mostly incompetent staff. I wake up every day wondering what idiotic thing has happened from the White House since I went to bed.
    Even under GWB I never thought things would get worse over an 8 hour period.
    Now we even have a Congress that has gone insane. The House thinks it can fix the health care bill in 24 hours and the Senate decided to throw out its rule book.
    I know I will wake up soon and find this all a bad dream.

  2. It’s a crying shame the US is now saddled with a man who can not resist putting his pettiness on display. It was believed when he was sworn in he would magically transform to an Adult, and leave behind his childish ways. Once again the expectations far exceeded the result. There is no Easter Bunny.

  3. dump does NOT and NEVER will care about Syrian children. He does NOT give 2 dumps about American children, what makes ANYONE think he cares about Syrian ones?

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