59 Missiles Don’t Equal a Foreign Policy By JAMES P. RUBIN

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59 Missiles Don’t Equal a Foreign Policy

By JAMES P. RUBINAPRIL 8, 2017

It has been a head-spinning week watching the Trump administration stumble into its first international crisis only to emerge with a transformed policy on the use of force in the Middle East, announced on Thursday with the unleashing of 59 sea-launched cruise missiles against the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria.

While the limited missile strike was a commendable and overdue response to the use of chemical weapons and to countless other war crimes perpetrated by the regime in Damascus, the public performance of President Trump and his team throughout this tragic episode hardly inspires confidence. On the contrary, the administration demonstrated a dangerous degree of incoherence and inconsistency.

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So, Trump and company are to be commended on the 'overdue missile' strike, yet their 'public performance' hardly inspires confidence? They demonstrate a 'dangerous degree of incoherence and inconsistency.' Typical Clintonian blathering. Yes, Rubin worked for Bill from '97 to 2000.