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McCain Dancing Boy: Trump Didn't Go Nearly Far Enough In Syria
[Hot Air] The narrative since the air strikes on Friday has been that the hawks have become ascendant in Donald Trump’s Washington. Isolationists have sobbed about betrayal as the mood turns at least Scowcroftian in the Beltway, if not downright Cheneyesque. Not all hawks are in a celebratory mood, however. Earlier today, Sen. Lindsey Graham told Hugh Hewitt that the strikes were nothing more than a "missed opportunity," and that Trump and his generals seem inclined to leave Syria in the hands of Iran rather than stand up to Russia:Asked about the president’s response to the attacks in Syria during a radio interview on "The Hugh Hewitt Show," Graham griped that his actions "didn’t lay a glove on Assad’s capabilities to wage war." "We’re becoming the chemical weapons police," Graham said. "We don’t have a strategy about why Syria matters." He added: "The military strike itself was a tactical response well short of what I thought was justified. So he’s been a good commander-in-chief in general, but this is a major step backwards." In the longer transcript, Graham lays the blame on Secretary of Defense James Mattis for the narrow focus on chemical weapons. The issue, Graham claims, is the risk-averse nature of current military and political leadership. Er, what? Posted by: Besoeker 2018-04-17 |
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