In response to the chemical attacks by the Syrian government on it's people, President Trump orders Navy to launch a barrage of over fifty cruise missiles at the air base from which the chemical attack was carried out. Obama said he would draw a line in the sand, Trump carried it out.
However, I find myself conflicted on the strikes, I agree but disagree at the same time. On one hand, the strikes were justified as a response to a clear violation of International Law; and on the other, I don't want us to get involved in another conflict that isn't ours to meddle with. Our involvement in the Lbyia conflict has left the country in civil war since 2014 (a conflict on one talks about).
The United States may have the most powerful military on the planet, but we are not the world's policeman. As humans we do have a responsibility to our fellow man, but it's a responsibility that should be held by all nations. International rules have been established and agreed upon by nearly every nation, and when someone violates those rules, it is the world's responsibility to act, not just the US.
While Trump's actions against Syria were justified as a violation of these rules, I have to agree with Senator Rand Paul that he should gone to Congress before launching the strike. The President's war powers have gotten us into almost never ending war, sixteen years of unrelenting conflict. We can not afford as a nation to continue this policy, it will only push the world further into a struggle that may not have an end.
"There never was a good war, or a bad peace." ~ Benjamin Franklin
