by Jonah Goldberg
April 8, 2017 4:00 AM @JonahNRO
The strike on Syria is the single best proof that Trump has no overriding commitment to any ideological position — and I say that as someone who supports the strike.
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Dear Reader (particularly the caretaker of Camp David, who must feel like the Maytag repairman watching the goings-on at Mar-a-Lago), Well, this’ll be interesting.
After Thursday night’s attack on Syria, the conventional wisdom congealed faster than the chalupa sauce in Michael Moore’s chest hair.
Sorry, this isn’t really a topic for strident juvenilia, but I know that’s one of the things that puts digital asses in the virtual seats.
Let me start over.
I think Thursday night’s attacks are both less and more important than the rapidly forming conventional wisdom holds. This is a convoluted way of saying I see it a bit differently from some folks. And since I’m on a tight schedule, let me do it bullet-point style: I think the foreign-policy consequences of the strike are likely to be less consequential than the domestic ones.
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He brings up some of the points that have made me uncomfortable about this whole effort.
I would really like to read what the other intelligent, well-informed and right thinking members of this forum think about Goldberg's piece. And, if there's any way, I would love to see none of the usual personal "you're just stupid" crap here. Please?
