by Norman Halls, contributor
What has this administration, Trump, done or started. If the administration was thinking that bombing Syria was smart, it isn’t. Any death, young or old, that was inflicted by anyone is terrible. You don’t start throwing bombs. The United States is just getting into a sustaining war we should have never had have gotten into in the first place. We know why Russia is there – OIL, not to help the citizens live a fruitful life. The economy of Syria is based on agriculture, oil, industry and services. The two main pillars of the Syrian economy used to be agriculture and oil, which together accounted for about one-half of GDP. Agriculture, for instance, accounted for about 25% of GDP and employed 25% of the total labor force. You can see why Russia is there, helping. That’s a joke.
When President Trump met with his advisers to target Syria with 59 missiles, he did not have any military, the CIA or any other top intelligence officials. CIA Director Mike Pompeo briefed Trump on April 6th that President Bashar al-Assad was not responsible for the poison-gas. On April 7th Trump launched the missiles. “As strange as the Trump administration has been in its early months, it was hard to believe that Trump would have listened to the CIA’s views and then shooed the director away from the larger meeting before launching a military strike against a country not threatening America.” Consortiumnews by Robert Parry.
“There have been almost 3,000 airstrikes against Isis targets in Syria since a US-led campaign began. More than 95% of these have been conducted by the United States, according to the US monitoring group Airwars. From the start, America’s Gulf allies – Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Qatar – have all taken part in some of the airstrikes. In September, France joined the campaign, and has since stepped up its airstrikes in Syria in the wake of the Paris attacks with a “massive” attack on the Isis stronghold of Raqqa in the north-east of the country.” the Guardian by Matthew Weaver & Julian Borger. These airstrikes have been going on since 2014 and are still active today. The problem is we don’t see an end. The middle-east countries have to start to take their own action. The surrounding countries are the only ones this really involves and can solve their problems.
President Trump is suddenly winning positive reviews from a Washington establishment that has often feuded with the White House. What are people thinking? You throw missiles and a bomb and you are a leader. There is no planning on the Trump’s involvement in the middle-east. Washington insider’s applause may cause more problems in the future. Trump’s course corrections seem to excite people. What Trump did in Syria has generated headlines and taking eyes off the investigation with his connection with Russia. “Trump is still struggling to gain ground with people outside his core group of supporters. Eighty percent of Republicans approve of Trump’s job performance, compared with 12 percent of Democrats. Just over 3 in 10 independents approve of the job Trump has done. Some of the same establishment figures praising Trump’s shifts are not convinced the famously tickled commander in chief will not change his approach again.” The Hill, by Greg Daniels.
“The United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution, ‘Syria handed over 1,300 tons of chemicals and other material used to make sarin nerve gas and mustard blister agent, and the production equipment, for destruction at sea.’ Assad’s most toxic weapons were eliminated by August 2014. James Stavridis, a retired U.S. Navy admiral who served as NATO supreme commander until 2013 and is now dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University said Obama’s lack of action in Syria would not be forgotten. He “will be judged harshly for … failing to enforce the so-called red line in Syria against Assad’s use of chemical weapons,” he said. “And for not taking out Assad’s air force before the Russian involvement, which made it vastly more difficult to do.” Obama thinks history will side with him for showing restraint. He kept America out of an unnecessary war with no clear military solution. And his cautious approach worked: Syria surrendered its lethal chemical arsenal.” LATimes by Christi Parsons & W.J. Hennign.
During the past week we should hope that we don’t have a warmonger. A warmonger: a politician or leader who is often encouraging a country to go to war. Trump has been encouraged by Russia and North Korea to make a move.
