Name:   phil - Subject:   None unless we are being directly threatened, but Date:   10/9/2019 5:28:23 PM (updated 10/9/2019 5:30:07 PM)

The allies who do not chant "Death to America?"

The allies who have not been in the middle of a civil war for 1000 years?

The allies who can stand on their own two feet and not have their hand out like a teenager without a job wanting to go to the movies?

A war that was actually voted on in congress, are is not just presidential decision.  We keep talking about how Trump needs to go to congress for war authorizations, but apparently thats only since Oblamer is no longer in office.

The Authorization for the Use of Military Force Against the Government of Syria to Respond to Use of Chemical Weapons (S.J.Res 21) is a United States Senate Joint Resolution that would have authorized President Barack Obama to use the American military to intervene in the ongoing Syrian Civil War. The bill was filed by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on September 6, 2013 in a specially scheduled pro forma Senate session that took place during the last week of the August recess.^[1] The bill would have authorized only 60 days of military action, with the possibility of a one-time extension of 30 days.^[2] The bill would have specifically prohibited the use of ground troops. However, this bill never received a floor vote in either the House or Senate.^[2]

One thing I do find interesting about this whole pull out of Syria crisis - the way the reporting is going you would think it was 1000s of people, from one report I heard that 26 soldiers were moved already and there was a total of about 50 relating to this pull out.  It is amazing to think that so few of our soldiers are so awesome that they were literally keeping multiple countries from invading.

And yes, I do think our soldiers are awesome.