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I bought gas tonight -- price jumped 30 cents.

 

Lawmakers praise action, want more consultation from White House - CNNPolitics.com

"House and Senate lawmakers generally supported President Donald Trump's decision to strike against the Syrian government Thursday night, but cautioned Trump against unilaterally starting another war in the Middle East without first consulting Congress."

 

I pray that Donald Trump's voters were right about him and I was wrong. Because boy howdy is the world hanging by a thread right now.

 

I hope that there was and is some communication with Russia on this, and that no one screws up and blows up a bunch of Russian advisors. That would be... suboptimal.

 

They helped get Trump elected and now he is going to kill them?

 

You felt safer when the leader of the free world did nothing about atrocities?

 

Dan Rather:

Launching missiles is not difficult. It's what comes next that will be the test of leadership.

The despicable murderous actions by Syria's President Assad demanded a response. The human tragedy of the people of Syria is beyond comprehension. But we must hope that the escalation of American military force in a region swirling with intractable religious and other geopolitical forces was planned with a sense of what day 2 will bring, day 3, and all the days ahead.

Tomorrow will bring new questions and new crises. A cruise missile explodes in an instant but the fallout can last for years. With the events of tonight, we, the people of the United States through our President, have inserted ourselves deeper into a very complicated, many sided civil war. It is a conflict that includes Russia and Iran. At the same time, we are also getting deeper in Iraq’s religious-based civil war next door.

Ever deeper we go. May we all hope for steadiness and wisdom. Many Americans worry that these traits have been lacking in the current Administration. The worry is that events and the world won’t wait for Mr. Trump’s learning curve. We are about to find out.

 

And a dog!

 

Wait now you WANT communication with Russia?

 

There are times I wonder if Trump thinks that far ahead, like most folks would, or a manager in the National League when double-switching.