President Trump sent 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles into Syria yesterday in retaliation for what he claimed was a chemical attack on citizens by President Assad. He sought no Congressional authorization and presented no evidence to either Congress or the American people to justify his actions. What happens next, as Trump opens wider the US military involvement in the Middle East. US Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) joins today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report in studio to discuss:
Reprinted from The Ron Paul Institute for Peace & Prosperity.
Trump didn’t consult congress, blah, blah, blah. You’re all off-topic boys. The real issue is the question of Assad being guilty of doing it or not.
This would be encouraging if there was a quorum of Americans who listen to it and actually accept it.
They could have accepted the truth that Obama and Putin actually did succeed with having Assad get rid of his chem/bio weapons, but maybe that would have been asking for too much from any American.
I mean really? Balack Obama?
actually, the non-involvement of congress is grounds for impeachment. That’s the first part of the paragraph for that reason alone. A Republican dominated senate might block it. Maybe. It’s also done on the anniversary of American involvement in WW One. Symbolism does have a part in all the government actions, and whoever manipulates the symbols the most effectively generally wins. It’s sad, tragic and frightening how much of our shared histories have been made even worse.
History is the warped and distorted reporting of delusions of ‘truth’.
And then the belligerent parties use those prior delusions to start new fights.
Excellent discussion…it seems like the lesson learned in 2013 was…attack before there is any time to actually investigate..and these gentlemen are correct…the lack of evidence and motive are obvious…but now, since the attack, the deconfliction hotline between US and Russian military operations in Syria has been terminated, which makes the possibility of a serious faux pas very real. In addition at minute 11:00 for 15 seconds…Congressman Massie seems to infer that we have a military draft in the US…am I missing something or did I miss something?
Take it to the streets. You likely don’t have time to do anything else if you want to stop this coming war in Syria.
With the Russians involved, it could be the most important thing Americans ever do.