Well it’s Saturday evening and I won’t foist upon you the mindless dribble from a Judge Jeannine pro-Trump prayer-rant, instead I’ll document a crazed conspiracy theory from the liberal left!!!
In this edition, they prove that Putin orchestrated the chemical attack, and Trump’s attack, to distract us all!! MUAHAHHA!!!
(THREAD) The evidence that Trump’s completely ineffectual military strike on Syria was just an empty political gesture is now overwhelming. pic.twitter.com/hI6sBgIQX1
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) April 7, 2017
(1) If he was worried about the Syrian people, he had numerous better options: allow refugees to come to U.S.; humanitarian aid; safe zones. pic.twitter.com/9XL1xvisxH
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) April 7, 2017
Well, OK, that’s true. Still.
(2) If he was interested in degrading Syria’s air force, he wouldn’t have given Putin advance notice. Putin then gave Assad advance notice. pic.twitter.com/QPxYV17NMe
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) April 7, 2017
Also you wanna do that so that we don’t start WW3, but hey, I’m pickin’ up what you’re layin’ down for sure, bro.
(3) The result of giving both Russia and Syria advance notice of the air strike was that they moved their troops and bunkered their planes. pic.twitter.com/CL8CbmoF3A
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) April 7, 2017
Eh, we killed a bunch of people and destroyed a buncha planes, but fine, move on.
(4) One indication Putin knew the strike would be no threat to him or Syria is Russian air defenses didn’t try to take down _any_ tomahawks. pic.twitter.com/ylmPeXtm6X
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) April 7, 2017
Except early on, there were reports that they DID shoot them down, to save face, now they say none were shot down. Whatever.
(5) If Trump was interested in degrading Syria’s flight capability in Homs, he wouldn’t have left an air strip _untouched_. But he did that. pic.twitter.com/loa1kvILHh
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) April 7, 2017
BUT LIKE HE TWEETED, you can rebuild a strip really easily, so.. uhm.. hmm…
(6) GOP Congressmen and retired generals were saying this air strike would be ineffective. Which is why Trump consulted Putin, but not them. pic.twitter.com/satpfSQ8dv
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) April 7, 2017
(7) In 2013, Trump saw the same pictures of chemical-weapon devastation and opposed air strikes. So his “conversion narrative” is a _farce_. pic.twitter.com/ihhwhqQrUe
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) April 7, 2017
I have to admit, that’s weird. But also, Trump’s basically a 6-year-old child with ADD, so it fits.
(8) The strikes successfully pushed Russiagate coverage off the front page. We were talking about Nunes and Kushner scandals, now we’re not. pic.twitter.com/4dBbAGFoEu
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) April 7, 2017
Well. Yeah. I guess.
(9) Incredibly—bizarrely—Trump somehow struck Syria with _59 Tomahawk missiles_ without articulating even a _single_ coherent strategic aim. pic.twitter.com/G3G6Md25SB
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) April 7, 2017
Is this really that far-fetched? He has been incoherent since before time began.
(10) For all the talk of Trump’s Syrian about-face, he’s no more committed to ousting Assad than a week ago, when he expressed no interest. pic.twitter.com/cpkmM7oH10
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) April 7, 2017
Actually we have no idea, they’re all over the place on this one.
(BONUS) Trump and Putin can now look like they’re at odds—helpful for Russiagate—when in fact Trump’s ineffective strike didn’t harm Putin. pic.twitter.com/MSgrpdza7q
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) April 7, 2017
Well, yeah but… damn!!
(UPDATE) Reuters confirms Syria has continued launching strikes from the base Trump hit. This was the most ineffectual US strike in decades. pic.twitter.com/eiKzXoWfEa
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) April 7, 2017
How do you fire 60 Tomahawks and spend $100 million and _not_ affect a base’s ability to launch strikes? IMO you have to _want_ that result.
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) April 7, 2017
Now you’re freaking me out. THIS THREAD IS SHUT DOWN!!! Someone call Steve Bannon dammit!!!
Forget ANY of that happened!! Here look at this!!
marvel: run across that busy street
me: lol no way are you craz-
marvel: we’ll release all deleted stevebucky footage
me: pic.twitter.com/XB0aHD3efD— heather (@devillflames) April 8, 2017
Heheh. Human frogger. OK, OPEN THREAD, go nuts.