Exactly what is he succeeding at? He spent 100 million on rockets, and the very next day, Assad used the same airport to drop bombs on the same town that he had gassed. What good did those 60 missiles do?
Your desperation is duly noted. I shall respond.
SYRIA
Syria strikes: International community reacts to US bombing of airfield
Published April 07, 2017
FoxNews.com
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"This was a calibrated, proportionate and targeted response."
- Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement that "In both word and action" Trump "sent a strong and clear message" that "the use and spread of chemical weapons will not be tolerated."
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin praised the U.S. for its airstrike aimed at an airbase called Shayrat. He called on the world to bring an end to the atrocities committed by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
SYRIA AIRSTRIKES: TRUMP SAYS MILITARY ACTION IN ‘VITAL NATIONAL SECURITY INTEREST’
"In the face of the terrible use of chemical weapons against innocent civilians, the clear and determined steps of the US Administration and Military under the leadership of President Trump, constitute a fitting and appropriate response to such unthinkable brutality,” Rivlin said.
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed support for the U.S. missile attack on Friday saying that the country understood and supported the strategy. Abe added that the strikes were "a means to prevent further deterioration of the situation" referring to the suspected chemical attack.
A Saudi foreign ministry official praised "the courageous decision by U.S. President Donald Trump to respond to the (Syrian) regime's crimes against its people in light of the failure of the international community to stop the regime from brutalizing its people." Saudi Arabia is a leading supporter of the rebels fighting to overthrow Assad.
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Syria strikes: International community reacts to US bombing of airfield
"Chuck Schumer, the Democratic Senate minority leader, proclaimed, “Making sure Assad knows that when he commits such despicable atrocities he will pay a price is the right thing to do.” Even Democratic Senator Dick Durbin declared, “My preliminary briefing by the White House indicated that this was a measured response to the Syrian nerve gas atrocity.”
Democrats And Neoconservatives Rally Around Bombing Syria
"I support the administration's strike on the air base that launched the chemical attack. I hope this teaches President Assad not to use chemical weapons again," Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., said.
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“This week’s unspeakable chemical weapons attack is only the latest in a long series of horrors perpetrated by Bashar al-Assad on innocent men, women and children,” Democratic House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said in a statement issued on the attacks in Syria. “Tonight’s strike in Syria appears to be a proportional response to the the regime’s use of chemical weapons. If the President intends to escalate the U.S. military’s involvement in Syria, he must to come to Congress for an Authorization for Use of Military Force which is tailored to meet the threat and prevent another open-ended war in the Middle East.”
Schumer, Pelosi among Democrats to react to Syria strike
All those remarks were made before it was known that the intent was nothing more than trump stomping his foot. Real damage wasn't intended, and did not occur.
59 Tomahawks and we didn’t intend to inflict damage? oooooooooooooooooooookay. I guess this is the type of response you get when you demote the JCS and DNI and promote Bannon and Kushner; you end up doing bombing raids not intended to inflict damage.
59 Tomahawks at a cost of close to $60,000,000 dollars - American taxpayers' dollars which could have purchased computers for schools, new bridges, roads, schools. Why don't Republicans complain about blowing up $60 million taxpayers' dollars to do nothing.
T-Hawks were already paid for.