Behind Trump’s Syria Turnabout . . .

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Trump's Syrian turnabout is clearly a response to the coordinated attack launched on his presidency by the combined efforts of the Deep State, the media, the Democrats, and the McCain-Graham-neocon wing of the GOP – a campaign that still might destroy him, despite his capitulation to the War Party.

If indeed Assad is guilty, then it's conceivable – although I would disagree – that one could make an argument for a one-off warning strike. Yet that is not what we're seeing at all: already, Secretary of State Tillerson is echoing that old Obama-Clinton slogan, "Assad must go." This isn't a one-off: it's a complete reversal of what candidate Trump said he'd do once in office.

As I said in my last column, the silver lining is that many of Trump's prominent supporters – and former supporters – are waking up to the importance of non-interventionism as one of the pillars of "Trumpism." Their former hero's betrayal is putting them on a learning curve – and the best of them will come out the other side with a new awareness of what "America First" really means.

On the other hand, we are going to have to live with the consequences of this terrible turnabout – not all of which are readily apparent, and none of which redound to the benefit of the United States and its citizens.
-Justin Raimondo

Read on:
http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2017/04/11/behind-trump-syria-turnabout/