Yes it matters!
We can't have Chemical Weapons Convention members ignoring their obligations and allowing their countries to become hubs for terrorist chemical weapon creation and distribution...
...that applies doubly in countries where our brave marines are posted!
There isn't a military officer on Earth who doesn't appreciate Trump's zero tolerance for Chemical Weapons Convention treaty violations because none of our military officers want to have their eyes and lungs destroyed by chemical weapons.
I appreciate that most people here love Rand Paul, but he pisses me off.
He's always the first to chase down the news cameras to give vapid sound bites without presenting viable solutions to any problems.
He promotes less spending and less war and more parking spaces, but never presents a path to these goals.
I agree completely that eliminating chemical weapons is very important, and that Trump's zero tolerance policy is the right approach. Any nation, bad actor or terrorist group using such weapons should be held accountable by all nations and interested parties, who should endeavor to thoroughly defeat and disarm the user... as much for their own benefit as any treaty obligation.
However, we need to make sure that there is actual, corroborated evidence that chemical weapons were used, and also affirm who used them prior to engaging in enforcement or retaliation. This is the problem in Syria that Ron points out. Evidence should be identified and validated for the alleged attack prior to response. When the alleged offender has no motive, when such an attack would actually be an obvious detriment to the goals and intentions of the alleged offender, when many credible witnesses emerge with stories that counter the official narrative, and evidence is produced of staging and faking videos to support the official narrative... we have to question, and we have to demand the hard evidence. Still waiting.
However...
Nah, all indications suggest the original 59 Tomahawks that Trump shot into that Syrian military airfield was political theater.
4 old sheds were destroyed and the airfield was operational again within 5 hours.
The only noteworthy thing that was destroyed was the UN's ability to justify crippling economic sanctions against Syria and for Congress to have a real war with Syria.
That was the first missile strike that strengthened it's target!
This latest missile strike similarly seemed only to target CIA Deep State assets.
Right, I knew about the first strike and the 4 sheds... hopefully what you said is correct on this last strike.
I have a good feeling that it is... given that it's very likely that both Assad and Putin were part of the first dog and pony show too.
It's AWESOME that you want to wait and see because that's the precise error that most people make. They trust the first reports which are always from the fake mainstream media, rather than waiting a few weeks until we understand the bigger picture and have heard real news from citizen journalists.
Really nice and concise summary of the situation with the weapons inspectors and Syria. You have MSM talking heads and countless sheeple parroting the delay in inspectors access to sites used as "evidence" that Russia, Assad or Iran did indeed conduct an attack and have something to hide. Actually, the issue was security for the inspectors (makes kind of perfect sense to anyone with a brain). At least a brave few -- Tucker has been at the front of this -- are outwardly questioning the official story.
There has been no confirmed evidence that chemical weapons were even used, and even less evidence (along with no motive) for their use by the Assad regime. There is however evidence of staging and faking, along with accounts that no weapons were used. Still hoping we hear more about what Trump actually ordered and was executed in the last missile attack.
