That’s funny, and disingenuous. The Syrian “civil war” is Obama’s adventure. Trump is doing everything he can to stay out of it, despite intense pressure from all sides to get involved. His two attacks, last night and a year ago, were designed to thread the needle, to make a statement about chemical warfare without either helping or harming either side in the war.
Democrats want to hide their involvement in a war that has killed half a million people.
Your analysis is the way it seems with the statements.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Powers_Resolution
...Syrian 2012-2017
See also: 2017 Shayrat missile strike, Syrian Train and Equip Program, and Timber Sycamore
In or about 2013, at the direction of U.S. President Barack Obama, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was put in charge of a covert program to arm and train the rebels who were fighting against Syrian President Assad,[27] while the State Department supplied the moderate rebels of the Free Syrian Army with non-lethal aid. The Assad regime used chemical weapons on several occasions during the civil war, including a well publicized attack in Ghouta on 21 August 2013. Following the attacks, Obama asked Congress for authorization to use military force in Syria, which Congress rejected. Instead, Congress passed a bill that specified that the Defense Secretary was authorized “...to provide assistance, including training, equipment, supplies, and sustainment, to appropriately vetted elements of the Syrian opposition and other appropriately vetted Syrian groups and individuals...” The bill specifically prohibited the introduction of U.S. troops or other U.S. forces into hostilities. The bill said:
“Nothing in this section shall be construed to constitute a specific statutory authorization for the introduction of United States Armed Forces into hostilities or into situations wherein hostilities are clearly indicated by the circumstances.”[28]
In spite of the prohibition, President Obama, and later Trump, introduced ground forces into Syria and the United States became fully engaged in the country. On April 6, 2017, the United States launched 59 BGM-109 Tomahawk missiles at Shayrat airbase in Syria in response to Syria’s alleged use of chemical weapons. Constitutional scholar and law professor Stephen Vladeck has noted that the strike potentially violated the War Powers Resolution.[29]
His two attacks, last night and a year ago, were designed to thread the needle, to make a statement about chemical warfare ..... And why did he think HE had to do this?