hit their targets, caused moderate to significant damage. as you mentioned, this was a very specific operation with a specific target. this air base that the u.s. believes was used to launch that horrific chemical weapons attack, not the whole air base, aircraft there, those hardened shelters you are seeing. but crucially not the runway. that air base is still operational. also not chemical weapons stores. the u.s. did not want to create civilian casualty by dispersing chemical weapons. and not any russians. there were reports from the ground that russian military forces were seen leaving the base before the operation started. the u.s. did not want to create a real danger there of escalation or any military confrontation with russia. that is key. that said, there are consequences to this. you heard very strong reactions
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chemical weapons facilities, themselves, without, duh, dispersing chemical weapons or at least leaving them vulnerable to be taken by anybody, what if the government we ve decided to bomb responds to us bombing them by turning to more chemical weapons attacks on their own civilians? this is a hard decision. this is a hard decision for any president. this is a hard decision particularly for a president like the one we ve got right now who professes a belief and who has demonstrated such a belief in multilateral action and to the united states being a leader among nations. not a leader despite nations, but a leader among nations. who believes in international action. this is a hard decision. fortunately, there s an app for that. it s an old one, but it still works great. article 1, section 8 of the constitution of the united states enumerates the powers that are given in our country to congress, to congress specifically, not the president, but congress, and the 1 1th clause of that secti
chemical weapons facilities, themselves, without, duh, dispersing chemical weapons or at least leaving them vulnerable to be taken by anybody, what if the government we ve decided to bomb responds to us bombing them by turning to more chemical weapons attacks on their own civilians? this is a hard decision. this is a hard decision for any president. this is a hard decision particularly for a president like the one we ve got right now who professes a belief and who has demonstrated such a belief in multilateral action and to the united states being a leader among nations. not a leader despite nations, but a leader among nations. who believes in international action. this is a hard decision. fortunately, there s an app for that. it s an old one, but it still works great. article 1, section 8 of the constitution of the united states enumerates the powers that are given in our country to congress, to congress specifically, not the president,