American forces in Syria have shot down a Syrian government plane claiming they have a right to protect the rebel (some say terrorist affiliated) forces they have cobbled together to fight ISIS and to act as surrogates to oppose the legitimate non-terrorist regime in Damascus. Mr. Assad now controls the vast majority of that nation's Christian and Shia population and a major portion of its western, habitable terrane. There are no logical alternatives to his control. . Why are we fighting there? Simply to deny a small portion of the state to Mr. Assad and extend a horrible civil war?
This shoot down was stupid move,,,sure to exacerbate the awful violence and extend the chaos in Syria which the former US administration helped get under way and intensify. . Perhaps one of our planes will be fired upon or downed? What will we do then?
We have no right and no fight in Syria. We were not invited there and our forces have no actual--leagal authorization to be shooting planes down (ISIS has none) or killing people there or to be killed there. The 16 year old (?) authorization to fight Al Qaida in Afghanistan has been stretched well beyond any logical limits. Time for Congress to decide to go to war there or to pull out of a man and materiel wasting quagmire.
Presient Trump promised to focus his attentions on Making America Great. Fobbing off decsion making to his top generals---is a mistake. Their job is to apply force appropriately to win a conflict. It is beyond their pay grade to decide where and when we should fight. Those decisions are the responsibility of the President and Congress. Both seem to be possesed of the strange madness called "investigations obsession".causing them to ignore the existential business of the nation.
Stupidly wasting our tax dollars, materiel, efforts and blood in Syria does nothing for the underemployed, poorly cared for, over taxed, and over regulated people here at home.
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