This past Sunday the President authorized another military strike on Syria. The leader, Assad, according to us, British and French Intel used chemical weapons on his people AGAIN. Remember he did this during the Obama administration also. Prior to that, Obama drew the, now famous, red line. He said that the use of chemical weapons would be a red line. Assad tested Obama by doing just that. Obama did nothing. Within the first month of the Trump Presidency, Assad gassed his people and Trump dropped America’s biggest non-nuclear bomb on Syria which let Assad and the world know that he is not Obama and a red line is a red line.
One week prior to the last bombing, the President surprised everyone by announcing that he wanted to pull all US troops out of Syria and soon. So, when he announced that he would be calling for action this past week, many hammered him, saying that he has no policy and doesn’t know what he is doing. No surprise there. As you know, the Left, the media and even some of the swamp Republicans leave no opportunity to take a shot at the President.
This time however, even some of the Trump supporters weren’t happy and shared their displeasure over this decision to retaliate. “We didn’t elect you to start another war,” was the common theme of his supporters.
This time, Russia warned the US that if we attempted to bomb Syria they would shoot our missiles down. This of course only fueled the Left’s fire and like they always do, they hit the air waves with “Trump is going to start WWIII.”
I will admit that I was not pleased with this idea either and that the Russian threat gave me pause. However, I reminded myself of something that I have always believed. The only way to stop a bully is to be a bigger bully. We dare not stand idle just because Russian threatens us. That is exactly when we must do something. Another factor in all of this; is the worldwide message that we would be sending if Trump had backed down. The world’s view of the US, and specifically the President would have shifted if Trump had blinked. More importantly is the message this sends to North Korea and China.
As you know, due to Trump’s tough stance against North Korea, they are requesting talks and have told others they are willing to discuss the removal of their nuclear program. Allowing Assad to gas his people again without any response would have sent a strong message to North Korea that Trump isn’t quite as tough as he acts.
More often than not, these types of actions are about much more than what the eye can see. The world is a big place with many characters continually testing us. Poking the bear if you will. Remember, every bully is tested.
While the Left used every degrading accusation they could against Trump (He’s doing this because he wants us to forget about the raid on his lawyer or Stormy Daniels, or whatever), I believe Trump did this, not because he wanted to, but because he had to in order to maintain his reputation of being a tough leader who won’t back down. My honest opinion is that Trump didn’t want to do this and wished Assad hadn’t tested him again and that he truly does want to pull our troops out. Let’s see if the swamp manages to talk him out of that.
In the end, over 100 missiles were launched hitting all three targets as planned. None were shot down and in fact Russia didn’t even attempt to shoot them down. They were too busy relocating their ships out of the area. Assad attempted but wasn’t successful. No civilian lives were taken nor did we have any losses except for 100 million dollars’ worth of Tomahawks.
On Monday, Trump announced “Mission Accomplished.” This, of course, supplied the Left with another opportunity to hammer him. “Mission accomplished, what was the mission?” was their theme this time. As they always do, they make every attempt to scare the American people into believing the world is coming to an end and that the President is out of control.
Simple minded me and many others viewed the statement for what it was meant to be. The mission was to take out these three chemical weapon plants, not kill any civilians or lose any American lives and return home safely. The mission was accomplished.
Let’s face it; the Never-Trump crowd will always be the Never-Trump crowd just as the Trump supporters will never stop being supporters.
So, not surprisingly, I support the action that the President took this past Sunday. While we’ve all grown tired of fighting and killing and spending, there will always be people in this world that will have it no other way. If America doesn’t lead and stand up for people who are brutalized by their governments, who will? Our role as the world’s only hope is costly but important.