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Thread #161759   Message #3849316
Posted By: Iains
07-Apr-17 - 01:42 PM
Thread Name: BS: Andrew Neil slams jihadist!!!!!
Subject: RE: BS: Andrew Neil slams jihadist!!!!!
Greg F
Perhaps you should look at the facts. An illegal airstrike has occurred on a sovereign nation on the basis of as yet unfounded allegations.
Had unequivocal evidence been presented to justify a strike, it would be difficult to argue against the merits of the action.
However that is not the case. Also according to some reports over half the missiles did not impact on the target. For all the talk the damage appears relatively minor,apart from the murdered casualties.
Also telling the Russians before carrying out the strike must inevitably have vastly diminished the potential impact. So a person could legitimately ask:- what was the point of it all? It seems the first major action of the President on the world stage was that of a clown in a 5 ring circus. Poorly planned, poorly executed with the result of racking up tensions in an already unstable part of the world, and giving Putin an open invitation to beef up the syrian air defences.

Perhaps you think that was a win win result- I think it was a shambles!