Marc Thiessen: Unlike Obama, Trump ‘Enforced the Red Line in Syria’

‘I think it makes conflict less likely because we were able to take that action in Syria that President Obama wasn’t willing to do’

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THIESSEN: "And look, the difference we have here is that unlike Barack Obama, he enforced the red line in Syria. When President Obama failed to enforce that red line in Syria, it reverberated not just in Syria but across the world and protected a message of weakness that spread from Moscow to Pyongyang. President Trump enforced Obama’s red line for him  and did it within 63 days, took decisive action, sent Tomahawk missiles to take out the site, a limited strike that took out that site and that sends a message now across the world that when you project strength, would-be aggressors have to recalculate what the United States is willing to do and how far it’s willing to go in order to defend its interests. So I think it makes conflict less likely because we were able to take that action in Syria that President Obama wasn’t willing to do."

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