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PsychoBabble

(837 posts)
Sun Apr 9, 2017, 12:24 AM Apr 2017

Trump Assures Nation That Decision For Airstrikes Came After Considering All His Passing Whims

WASHINGTON—Amid concerns that a U.S. attack on a Syrian government air base would only escalate the ongoing conflict in the region, President Trump assured Americans Friday that his decision to order a missile strike came only after carefully considering every one of his passing whims. “I want to make it perfectly clear that the decision to launch a military intervention in Syria was the result of meticulously reviewing each fleeting impulse that I felt over the last 48 hours,” said Trump, adding that after learning of chemical weapons used by Bashar al-Assad’s forces to kill innocent Syrian civilians, he gathered his top military aides to pore over dozens of his sudden knee-jerk reactions to the situation. “I examined many different options that whirled through my mind in the moment, including authorizing drone strikes, deploying U.S. troops to Syria, sending in SEAL Team Six to take out Assad, getting up and grabbing a snack from the kitchen, doing nothing, and dropping all our nuclear bombs on Damascus at once. Ultimately, I concluded that an airstrike was the best option at that particular second.” Trump went on to say that if the Assad regime’s behavior continues, he will not hesitate to order further military action if he hasn’t already completely forgotten about Syria by then.


And this deviates from reality ... HOW?

http://www.theonion.com/article/trump-assures-nation-decision-syrian-airstrikes-ca-55725
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Trump Assures Nation That Decision For Airstrikes Came After Considering All His Passing Whims (Original Post) PsychoBabble Apr 2017 OP
That's why The Onion is funny ProudLib72 Apr 2017 #1
+1, " getting up and grabbing a snack from the kitchen," uponit7771 Apr 2017 #2
When one can't tell the difference between satire and real news Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2017 #3

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
1. That's why The Onion is funny
Sun Apr 9, 2017, 12:29 AM
Apr 2017

It points out the farcical in reality and throws it back in your face for you to ponder.

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