{"id":37583,"date":"2018-04-14T14:01:29","date_gmt":"2018-04-14T21:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=37583"},"modified":"2018-04-14T14:11:29","modified_gmt":"2018-04-14T21:11:29","slug":"srsly-corey-lewandowski-tells-fox-news-that-the-situation-with-assad-is-obamas-fault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=37583","title":{"rendered":"SRSLY? Corey Lewandowski Tells Fox News That the ‘Situation with Assad’ is Obama’s Fault"},"content":{"rendered":"

It didn’t take long for Fox News to broadcast their official response to the Syrian chemical weapons crisis – or any problem that rankles Donald Trump’s administration: Obama did it!<\/strong> That’s right. And the reason that Trump had to renege on his campaign promises to refrain from getting America mired in any more foreign conflicts, like the one in Syria, is the same as as his excuses for all of his other lies and blunders.<\/p>\n

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In a segment on Fox News, Trump shill Corey Lewandowski disseminated the pre-approved White House doctrine regarding any and all scenarios that negatively impact the administration (video below). It was a prime example of the robo-speak that is emblematic of the Trump regime. It was also the very same position that Trump himself tweeted<\/a><\/strong> years before. Lewandowski said that:<\/p>\n

“The reason we\u2019re in this situation with Assad is because Barack Obama drew a line in the sand which meant nothing. There were no teeth behind it. The chemical weapons that were supposed to be a red line in the previous administration meant nothing. And we’re here today, and people lost their lives in Syria, because the previous administration did nothing to prevent it from happening.”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For starters, Lewandowski must have forgotten that Trump already executed a military response to a prior use of chemical weapons by Assad last year. He insisted that it would send an unmistakable message to Assad that continuing such atrocities would not be tolerated. Apparently the message was not as clear as Trump thought. Especially after he announced that he would be pulling U.S. troops out of Syria shortly.<\/p>\n

The question that no one on Fox News is asking is: How would Obama’s actions years earlier have changed any of the outcomes following Trump’s more recent actions? If Trump’s bombing raid last year didn’t deter Assad, why would Obama’s raid five years ago have done it? Are they just admitting that Obama would have done it better?<\/p>\n

Now let’s take a look at whether Obama did anything after Assad’s use of chemical weapons during his term. The fact is that Obama forcefully denounced Assad and advocated for a military response. However, unlike Trump, he sought congressional approval<\/a><\/strong> (as the Constitution requires) in order to ensure that the action had the full support of a united nation. He beseeched the GOP-controlled legislature to come together in this effort saying:<\/p>\n

“Here’s my question for every member of Congress and every member of the global community: What message will we send if a dictator can gas hundreds of children to death in plain sight and pay no price? What’s the purpose of the international system that we’ve built if a prohibition on the use of chemical weapons that has been agreed to by the governments of 98 percent of the worlds’ people and approved overwhelmingly by the Congress of the United States is not enforced?”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The response by Congress was worse than voting down an authorizing resolution. The Republicans in charge would not even permit the measure to come up for a vote. And it was clear that if they had, a majority of Republicans would have voted against it. Which is especially interesting considering what Trump was saying at the time:<\/p>\n

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The President must get Congressional approval before attacking Syria-big mistake if he does not!<\/p>\n

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 30, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n