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Trump Issues Letter to Congress Explaining Syrian Strikes as ‘Vital to National Security Interests’

As we drop white phosphorus munitions in Mosul, trying to displace ISIS in Iraq, Trump tried to explain to Congress why taking unilateral action against Syria, by ferrying 59 cruise missiles into a forward airbase that was used to fend off terrorists attempting to displace a secular regime with head cutting religious zealots, was important. He did so by describing the actions as ‘vital to national security interests.’ While conditions in Syria are certainly deleterious to the people of Syria and countries dealing with the refugee crisis, last I checked America was insolated from the events happening in and around Damascus.

Here is the President’s letter to congress.

“The United States will take additional action, as necessary and appropriate, to further its important national interests.”

CNN rejoices.

Related: I am hearing from multiple sources inside the military that people are being called to active duty.

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21 comments

  1. sarcrilege

    Trump is a turncoat. Was he not supposed to ask congress before taking action first? I guess not necessary anymore. At least we got the hackers now getting involved:

    https://tinyurl.com/mgnxmtv

    A+ comedy:
    “You not being in office three months and already you looking like the MIIC’s bitch with John McCain and Chuck Schumer double dutch ruddering each other in the corner over dead corpses.”

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    • frog

      Trump hasn’t turned away from who he was. He was always an authoritarian who worshiped other authoritarians like Putin, and who acted like he was running for king, not president. Why should he change now that he won the election?

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  2. frog

    Meanwhile, this is the what the Republican dominated Congress– the one that Breitbart, Drudge, Fox etc. persuaded people to vote for– is doing now:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2QXMGYluzo

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    • ironbird

      For the love of God go try heroin. It is fun and gets better after a month or so of constant use. Remember frog. Do it everyday.

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  3. ironbird

    What the fuck is the military for? Rescuing cats out of trees and painting white picket fucking fences. Turning on kin faster than a crack head for a single rock is positively unwise. Relax. If not. Prepare for the burka and the cult mats. Be on layaway. Folded up nice and neat for us all.

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    • heckler

      You’re pro bombing then? West coast is first to go during WWIII

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      • ironbird

        Look dude. Call it a wild guess. Trump is not starting ww3. It is another set up for the libtard cuck neocon fuckers that want to divide us and basically destroy mankind for fun. Lord Bannon said beautifully “keep our feet to the fire”. So the liberty movement peeps freaking out makes sense. Just adding some levity for the Drano drinkers. Like you.

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        • moosh

          All the while, Trump was getting all kinds of things done with a very relaxed Xi. Crazy ass shit.

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        • heckler

          Just wondering if you love the bomb? I’m 100% anti war drano smoking hippy so sometimes it’s hard to tell.

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          • ironbird

            The world does not care what we think. Dude. It is a fucking mess of lunatics running around raping and killing everyone. As a human think just like you. As a monkey tho. Peace is impossible without the muscle to back it up. Only in America do the warriors protect the hippies.

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    • joshua

      Do the letters on your keyboard actually come in retard?

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  4. heaterman

    Many things are definitely becoming more opaque in terms of reasons for military actions, for sure. I too am hearing first hand about Guard and Reserve guys getting called up. This is assuredly not a good signal.

    One thing made abundantly clear by the recent fusillade of cruise missiles is that the whole “Muh Russians” thing the Dems have been beating off about is utterly dead.
    Unless this is the biggest charade in history, the Russians are thoroughly pissed with Trump and the absolute Trumpishness of his recent trigger finger escapade.
    He is not in the back pocket of Putin.

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  5. joshua

    I’m just confused that people didn’t realize Trump was full of absolute shit. Men in their 70’s don’t do full 180’s on countless topics. It’s the sign of someone lying to get what they want, or a fucking insane person.

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    • sarcrilege

      ….or compromised. Everybody has a price. He has a family. And family business. All that could be taken away. The joke is that each new president gets to see the JFK file and then is asked “Any questions”? Usually there are none.

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  6. stocksnblondes

    Report: Civilians among at least 21 killed in US-led Syria strikes near Raqqa

    Using chemical weapons to kill Syrian civilians is inhumane…but incinerating them with traditional bombs is acceptable I guess?

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  7. john_galt

    up close view of our boys’ awesome accomplishment

    https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=854_1491681318

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    • anjingbauwau

      thank you for mentioning evil speculator

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    • heckler

      Wow so 1) we can pierce right through those bunkers, and 2) probably no chemical weapons

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      • moosh

        Military was probably playing around with them a bit being that the upgrades to the tomahawks allow them to be more precise (adjusted) to moving targets. A good couple hundred thousand dollars more of technology to waste away stuff, and human lives.

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