Just an Earth-Bound Misfit: The Rantings of an Aging, Armed, Pinko Chick

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"Thou Shalt Get Sidetracked by Bullshit, Every Goddamned Time." -- The Ghoul

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck,
"FOFF" = Felonious Old Fat Fuck,
"COFF" = Convicted Old Felonious Fool,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset,
A/K/A P01135809, A/K/A Dementia Donnie, A/K/A Felon^34,
A/K/A Dolt-45, A/K/A Don Snoreleone

Friday, April 7, 2017

Trump and Syria

Four years ago, well after the Syrian government used chemical weapons against civilians, Trump was against any military response.

This time around, well, I guess things look different when one is sitting the Big Chair.

President* Trump said Thursday night that the United States had carried out a missile strike in Syria in response to the Syrian government’s chemical weapons attack this week, which killed more than 80 civilians.

Was this the right thing to do? Possibly, yes.

But there is one thing that I know about Donald Trump from his track record of forty years: Trump never does anything because it's the right thing to do. I doubt if that consideration has ever entered his mind. Trump's M.O. is always ubi est mea ("where's mine" or "what's in it for me") and never pro bono.

I have things to do, so I'll leave the question "what was in this for Trump" hanging.

6 comments:

B said...: Here is one take on it:

http://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/2017/04/the-main-reason-for-syria-missile.html

I'm not so sure that Barry could really have prevented this though, even if he did blink when the "red Line" was crossed.

I'm not sure what could be in it for Donnie though...Maybe he owns stock in the folks that make the missiles?

At some point one has to shoot the rabid dog.; 4/07/2017 9:03 AM
Ten Bears said...: You give our carnival barker from the world wrassling federation way too much credit. Funny thing happened on the way to the airstrike: Putin’s Poodle gave the Russians a call, told ’em we were coming. We just burned up fifty-nine million dollars worth of Tomahawk cruise missles bombing the shit out of an empty parking lot.; 4/07/2017 9:59 AM
CenterPuke88 said...: B., Obama asked Congress for authorization to strike Syria, and then pulled the request when Congressional Republicans announced they wouldn't support it and a count showed not enough votes to pass the request. If that's "blinking", I'm Kelly Ripa.

Thomas, the call was on the Syrian theatre "deconfliction" line, so Putin probably didn't know till almost zero...wonder what he'll do with the RNC files.; 4/07/2017 11:06 AM
Ten Bears said...: I have been wondering how long before Putin figures put this wasn't such a good idea afterall.; 4/07/2017 11:25 AM
dinthebeast said...: I wonder if there were any Iranians around the target area? The Russians aren't as fanatical as the Iranians, and we do have around a thousand soldiers in Syria for the Iranians to get mad at...

-Doug in Oakland; 4/07/2017 1:18 PM
CenterPuke88 said...: Latest word is the Syrian aircraft departed before the missiles arrived...; 4/07/2017 7:04 PM