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In reply to the discussion: For those against the attack, what should have been done after the chemical attacks? [View all]lies
(315 posts)First the garbage Trump did accomplished zero, so if you want to stop chemical attacks - which is frankly a bit of a red herring - accomplishing zero isn't the place to start.
Second, the US is doing much much much much worse in Yemen:
Half a million children could starve to death in Yemen war
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/half-a-million-children-are-dying-of-starvation-in-yemen-says-un-w3hk693m3
So, if Americans actually gave a single fuck about starving children.....
Finally, Syria is a problem created by the US. What SHOULD happen is the US troops should go put their boots on the ground and stay there until the problem THEY created is resolved. EVEN if means hundreds of thousands of dead Americans.
That's the real truth, but we all know that the US government and populace is utterly ok with mass starvation in Yemen, and unwilling to send troops to their deaths to solve a problem it created.
So instead we shoot 100m in millions at an abandoned airfield and claim we're some sort of moral supermen. Oh and refuse to take refugees in meaningful numbers. That's America.
Ugly hypocrisy at it's worst.