[ISiddiqui]

Originally Posted by Ben E Lou

I'm in full guarded support, with acknowledgement of the reality that Syria is a hot mess. It stinks to have to be the world's policeman, but when a dictator is gassing his own people, I want *someone* to respond, and no one else is going to do so. But with the complicated mess that Syria is, I strongly believe Trump's in over his head when it comes to navigating all of the ramifications as things unfold. He's definitely not going to listen to Pelosi, Sanders, or any Dem, and probably not even the Graham/McCain contingent of his own party that has been heavily critical of him. So the best-case realistic scenario seems to be that he basically defers to Mattis in the military arena, Haley in the diplomatic, and Rubio & Co. in the political.

And I'd rather not think about the worst-case realstic scenarios here...

Agreed with this. This response is probably the first thing Trump did as President that I agree with. However, I also fear that he doesn't know what do next.