“During his short time in office, President Trump has authorized the stepped-up U.S. bombing of isis positions in Syria and Iraq, a commando raid in Yemen, and, on Thursday, a Tomahawk-missile attack on a Syrian government airfield.
“Trump “campaigned to get US out of foreign wars,” the Democratic Congressman Ted Lieu, a U.S. Air Force veteran and strident critic of the President, wrote on Twitter immediately after news of the missile strike broke…
“Some people will disagree with Lieu’s interpretation.
“On Thursday night, prominent Republicans were queuing up to express support for the attack in Syria. “Unlike the previous administration, President Trump confronted a pivotal moment in Syria and took action.
“For that, he deserves the support of the American people,” Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham said in a joint statement.”
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