{"id":12067,"date":"2018-04-14T13:23:12","date_gmt":"2018-04-14T17:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=12067"},"modified":"2024-09-11T16:53:02","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T20:53:02","slug":"syria-trump-as-a-lynch-mob-with-cruise-missiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/14\/syria-trump-as-a-lynch-mob-with-cruise-missiles\/","title":{"rendered":"Syria: Trump as a Lynch Mob with Cruise Missiles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few more tweets&#8230;.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Careful analysis of bomb blast evidence proves Trump&#39;s missile strike on Syria was a big success   <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/we20mT1len\">https:\/\/t.co\/we20mT1len<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/985513724466335744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 15, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What damned phrase of George W. Bush will <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@realDonaldTrump<\/a> repeat next? Maybe &quot;Bring &#39;em on!&quot;  uttered by GWB on 7\/3\/2003 &#8211; prior to Iraqi militants killing thousands of US troops?    <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dsxQOJ7MXz\">https:\/\/t.co\/dsxQOJ7MXz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/985349012978110464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 15, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I will write more on the latest Syria @#$@! shortly.\u00a0 In the meantime, here&#8217;s my two cents from last night:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Media will cheer <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@realDonaldTrump<\/a> for again becoming nothing better than a lynch mob with cruise missiles, attacking Syria without proffering any sound evidence. But Trump tonight is also blowing up a lot of his domestic support<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/984978723328942081?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Same claptrap we saw with Iraq War in 2003. As long as political appointees shovel a few phrases of legalistic bullshit, they are entitled to kill foreigners with impunity. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PRD2EcDVc1\">https:\/\/t.co\/PRD2EcDVc1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/984979703588106241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nytimes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NYtimes<\/a>  headline captures problem:  U.S. government is killing foreigners based  on a &quot;suspected&quot; chemical attack.  When did presidential suspicions  become a license to kill?<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/r0vGJGMU8e\">https:\/\/t.co\/r0vGJGMU8e<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/984983654987378689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sec. of St. Tillerson said last year that the U.S. &quot;leaves a footprint of freedom wherever it goes.&quot;  Presumably refers to people remaining after U.S. finishes killing &quot;suspects&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/984984081636216833?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">LOL &#8211; much needed.   Actually, this is more like if Jefferson had bombarded the French city of La Rochelle after hearing a rumor that pirates might be there.  Napoleon would not have been amused. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XJ2zNLSmFI\">https:\/\/t.co\/XJ2zNLSmFI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/984986879572480000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Syria?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Syria<\/a>: For politicians, killing and lying go together like ham and eggs. And as history prof Leo Ribuffo said in 1998: \u201cPresidents have lied so much to us about foreign policy that they\u2019ve established almost a common-law right to do so.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/984987721746788352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Damascus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Damascus<\/a> I would love to see a televised interrogatory of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@realDonaldTrump<\/a> to gauge his factual knowledge of the Syrian conflict &amp; bizarere U.S. flip-flops.  I suspect he would do worse even than a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/washingtonpost?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@washingtonpost<\/a> editorial writer<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/984996714892398592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Legal basis for attacking Syria supposedly &quot;Article II power to defend vital American interests.&quot;  It is vital that Trump&#39;s approval rating rise above 50% so U.S. bombed Damascus. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PRD2EcDVc1\">https:\/\/t.co\/PRD2EcDVc1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/985002429560377344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few more tweets&#8230;. Careful analysis of bomb blast evidence proves Trump&#39;s missile strike on Syria was a big success https:\/\/t.co\/we20mT1len &mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) April 15, 2018 What damned phrase of George W. Bush will @realDonaldTrump repeat next? Maybe &quot;Bring &#39;em on!&quot; uttered by GWB on 7\/3\/2003 &#8211; prior to Iraqi militants killing thousands [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1434,264,262,708],"class_list":["post-12067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-killing-civilians","tag-lies","tag-syria","tag-trump"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Syria: Trump as a Lynch Mob with Cruise Missiles - James Bovard<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Trump&#039;s latest missile attack on Syria is one of the biggest follies of his presidency. 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