It was determined that, in all likelihood, it was done by one of the rebel/terrorists groups. U.S. intelligence agencies reluctantly had to admit that this probably was the case. And now we have a similar situation in which Assad is said to be the guilty party without any real proof.
The big difference between Obama and Trump is that Obama did not immediately launch an attack on the Syrian government but waited to see if the accusations against Assad were viable. And it was a good thing that he did just that.
The height of hypocrisy
Want to hear an example of hypocrisy of the highest order? Trump, after this attack, made some seemingly very sincere statements to the effect that these were crimes against little innocent children who were helpless and didn't deserve to die; he made a big spectacle of his deep agony over their deaths. And, yes, this was a terrible tragedy.
But did anyone hear him express these same deep feelings over the case in which U.S. led coalition forces, under his orders not long ago, bombed the city of Mosul, Iraq and caused the deaths of some 200 Iraqis, including many children? Did we hear him shedding his crocodile tears over those "innocent babies" who were killed in that failed attack for which he is responsible? No, because those babies must not have been as important as the ones who were killed in Syria.
The disgusting response by the media, many Republicans and Democrats
What is really sickening is when some military action of this sort, whether justified or not, immediately brings heaps of praise on the president who took the action by the Washington war hawks, a large number of Republicans, Democrats and the mainstream media; all of which seem to be simply thrilled. What better example of how the agenda of perpetual war has become embedded into the psyches of these politicians and the corporate-controlled media.
Brian Williams of MSNBC, as he was reporting the launching of these U.S. missiles, used the word beautiful three times in less than a minute and was clearly ecstatic about what was happening. Fareed Zakaria of CNN also was enthralled by the spectacle, as were any number of other news reporters.
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