TOMAHAWK. USS PORTER. USS ROSS. 59 STRIKES. HOMS. SHAYRAT AIRFIELD. SYRIA. SYRIA IS THE "HEART" OF THE MIDEAST. CHEMICAL WEAPONS STORAGE. VIOLATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL CHEMICAL WEAPONS BAN. 88 PEOPLE DEAD. INFRA RED TRACKING DEVICES, TO ASSAD REGIME. FIXER-UPPER. HELPING THE WORLD KEEP PROMISES. AS IS THE CASE IN ANY SOVERIEGN NATION BASED ON CONSTITUTIONS AND THE RULE OF LAW, THERE IS A LEGAL HIERARCHY IN THE WORLD. TREATIES, AGREEMENTS, INTERNATIONAL LAW, CONVENTIONS, AND ALLEGIANCES ARE TO BE HONORED. UNDER THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE I, IT IS CONGRESS WHO HAS THE DUTY AND RESPONSIBIITY TO "DECLARE WAR." ARTICLE II, UNDER THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH, THE PRESIDENT IS "COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF." SO WHAT DO WE DO IN A SITUTION, LIKE WHAT HAPPENED THIS WEEK, WITH CHEMICAL WEAPONS BEING USED AS WARFARE, ON SYRIAN CITIZENS, BY, THEIR PRESIDENT? DOES IT TAKE AN ACT OF CONGRESS? IS A "PROPORTIONAL AIRSTRKE" MAKING STATEMENT, THAT THE UNITED STATES WILL NOT TOLERATE THE USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS, AS AGREED UPON, IN INTERNATIONAL LAW, SEEING A HALF A MILLIONS SYRIANS, KILLED BY A BRUTAL DICTATOR AND REGIME, IN A VERY MESSY SYRIA. WITH REFUGEES, WONDERING AROUND SYRAI LOOKING FOR SHELTHER, AND BLEEDING INTO THE WORLD, TO SEEK REFUGE. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. ESCALATION IS NOT THE GOAL. RUSSIA WAS CONTACTED BEFORE HAND. IN A TURN ABOUT, FACE, BY THE TRUMP ADMINSTRATION, AND SECRETARY OF STATE, REX TILLERSON, THE ATROCITIES OF THIS WEEK, BRING NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE PLIGHT OF SYRIAN PEOPLE, EMBATTLED BY THEIR OWN, PRESIDENT, A PHYSCIAL, FOR GOD SAKES, WITH SOME EDUCATION, IN THE UNITED STATES? WHAT THE FUCK? WHAT IS DO IS DONE. WE ARE WHERE WE ARE. IT IS TIME, TO CREATE A TEMPLATE USED, FOR BROAD WAR STRATEGIES, POLICIES, PRIORITIES, BASED ON PRINCIPLES, CONCEPTS, AND THE VALUES OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, IN LIGHT OF INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS, TREATIES, LAWS, AND THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION. WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO OPERATE ON "CRISIS MODE" . . . SO, NOW THAT WE HAVE ACTED, IT IS TIME, TO COME UP WITH A CONSISTENT, PREDICTABLE, RELIABLE, AND COHERENT APPLICATION, FOR SITUATIONS, LIKE, DEALING WITH SYRIA, NORTH KOREA, AND OTHER HOT SPOTS IN THE WORLD, PRIOR TO A CRISIS, OR NUCLEAR ATTACK ON SEATTLE OR LOS ANGELES, BY THAT NUT BAG, KIM JUNG UN. PRIOR TO THE CHEMICAL ATTACK ON SYRIANS, PRESIDENT TRUMP AND SECRETARY OF STATE, TILLERSON, DID WHAT MOST AMERICANS, WANT, IN THIS WAR TORN COUNTRY, AFTER 15 STRAIGHT YEARS OF WARS, IN AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ, SOMALIA, LIBYA, ETC., STILL ENGAGED AND WITH TROOPS, IN AT LEAST 6 COUNTRIES AS WE SPEAK, AND IN SYRIA, WE ARE ACTUALLY, FIGHTING ON SEVERAL SIDES, GOING AGAINST ISIS, WITH RUSSIA AND IRAN, AS OF LATE, SIDING WITH, RUSSIA AND IRAN, BASICALLY, WHILE NOT IN SUPPORT OF ASSAD, BUT, NOT SEEKING TO OUST HIM . . . THINGS TEND TO CHANGE, WHEN, A SENSELESS, TYRANT, CAN ATTACK, HIS OWN, COUNTRY MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN, WITH ACID, SO CRUEL, HEARTLESS AND SENSELESSLY. WE ARE NOT SET IN STONE, NOR IS THERE A NEED TO "DECLARE WAR" AS AN ACT OF CONGRESS, AND, THIS, MAY JUST BE ONE OF THOSE, GRAY AREAS, IN OUR CONSTITUTION, THAT CROSSES, OR OVERLAPS, THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE, WAR DUTIES, THAT CALLS FOR AND ELEMENT OF SURPRISE, WITH A QUICK RESPONSE, TO THE HEINOUS ACTIONS, IN VIOLATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAWS, TREATIES AND AGREEMENTS ON THE USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS AND BIOLOGICAL WARFARE. WHILE, SYRIANS, WOULD SAY, THAT, THIS IS NOT THE ONLY WAY, ASSAD, HAS, KILLED, MAIMED, AND TORTURED, HIS PEOPLE, THEY ARE GLAD, THAT SOMETHING IS FINALLY BEING DONE. IF NOT US, THEN, WHO? AMERICA HAS THE STRONGEST MILITARY IN THE WORLD, THEY ARE THE NUMBER ONE POWER IN THE WORLD, IF NOT US, THEN, WHO? HUMAN RIGHTS, HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS, DIPLOMACY, ARE THE ORDER OF THE DAY. RETIRED, GENERAL, BARRY MCCAFFREY, SAID, THAT, THE AIR STRIKES AND STATEMENT ARE GOOD, BUT WE NEED TO FOLLOW THAT UP WITH, HUMANITARIAN AID. WE WERE SPENDING BILLIONS IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN. WE CAN'T SAY WE ARE UPSET, BY THE SIGHT OF "PRECIOUS BABIES" BEING FRIED BY CHEMICALS, THEN, REFUSE TO CHANGE OUR BAN AGAINST REFUGEES COMING INTO THIS COUNTRY, FROM SYRIA. THAT IS CHAOTIC AND INCONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE JUST DID, AND THE STATEMENTS WE, AS AMERICANS, A PRESIDENCY ARE MAKING. IF WE ARE TO BE TRUSTED, BOTH WITHIN OUR COUNTRY, AND BY THE WORLD, WE HAVE TO HAVE THE INTEGRITY, TO FOLLOWUP, MAKE GOOD, AND SUPPORT, THE VERY, IDEAS, CONCEPTS, VALUES, AND PRINCIPLES, WE TOOK THIS MEASURE, IN OPPOSITION OF WHAT ASSAD IS DOING, AND HAVE TO GIVE, THESE PEOPLE SUPPORT, WHO ARE CAMPED OUT, IN TURKEY AND LEBANON. I LIKE THE FACT THAT THE TRUMP ADMINSTRATION, MCMASTER, MATTIS, AND THEIR TEAMS, PLUS THE PENTAGON, USED, "DECONFLICTION CHANNELS" WITH RUSSIA, TO MAKE THEM AWARE OF THE STRIKES BEFORE THEY HAPPENED, REMINDS ME OF, "DUE PROCESS" IN ALL AREAS, OF ACTIONS THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO TAKE, GIVING, "NOTICE" + "HEARING" . . . I WOULD IMAGINE, THAT RUSSIA, COULD HAVE, SAID SOMETHING ON OPPOSITION TO THE STRIKE, HAD THEY WANTED TO. THE LAST THING, WE, AS AMERICANS WANT IS TO GET INTO A WAR WITH RUSSIA--NO THANKS! I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING THAT SOME OF THE EXPERTS, SAID THE MAIN, INTEREST, RUSSIA HAS IN THE REGION OR SYRIA, IS NOT NECESSARILY, TO SUPPORT ASSAD, BUT, TO PROTECT THEIR WARM WATER BASE, NEAR SYRIA. IRAN, HAS MORE OF A VESTED INTEREST, BECAUSE OF PROXIMITY, AND SYRIA, AS THE "HEART" OF THE MIDEAST, JUST LIKE AFGHANISTAN, SERVES AS A "BUFFER ZONE" FOR EUROPE, SEPARATING, THEM FROM, RUSSIA AND ASIA, SO SYRIA, PLAYS A PROTECTIVE BUFFER FOR IRAN. WE CAN HAVE OVER ALL POLICIES, THAT ARE GENERAL, AND THEN, WE NEED TO DEVELOP, INDIVIDUAL ACTION PLANS, FOR DEALING WITH OTHER HOT SPOTS IN THE WORLD. JUST LIKE THE GOVERNMENT RUNS AT THE SPEED OF TRUST, SO DOES, WORLD AFFAIRS, GIVING OUR ALLIES, SOMETHING SOLID TO DEPEND ON, AND PREDICT, THAT OUR RESPONSES AND ACTIONS WILL BE. THE WORLD NEEDS THE UNITED STATES TO BE STRONG, AND RELIABLE. LEADERS IN CHINA, SPEND THEIR LIFETIMES, LEARNING AND BEING READY TO LEAD, SO THEY COME TO THE TABLE, WITH CLEAR CUT OBJECTIVES, AND ARE PREPARED, EVEN KNOWING AND STUDYING WHO THEY CAN COUNT ON, AND WHO TO AVOID. THIS WEEKEND, AS PRESDIDENT TRUMP, AND PRESIDENT XI GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER, THE NUMBER ONE POWER AND NUMBER TWO POWERS, CAN FORGE A BOND, THAT CAN LITERALLY, MAKE PEACE HAPPEN, IN THIS WORLD! THAT SHOULD BE OUR GOAL. WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE, WORLD POWERS IN VARIOUS AREAS AND REGIONS OF THE WORLD AND GIVE DEFERENCE, TO THEIR UNDERSTANDING AND INTERESTS, IN A PARTICULAR COUNTRY, THEIR LONG TIME TIES AND RELATIONSHIPS, AND NOT BE THE "UGLY" AMERICANS, THINKING WE, UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING, AND BEING A HAMMER, TREAT EVERYTHING AND EVERY COUNTRY AS A NAIL! ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL, BUT, SOUND POLICIES AND PREDICTABLE PROCEDURES WILLTAKE US ALONG WAY, IN MAKING THE WORLD AS WAR FREE AND CONFLICT FREE AS POSSIBLE! WE ALL BREATHE THE SAME AIR, DRINK THE SAME WATER, WANT THE SAME THINGS FOR OUR KIDS! WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD THIS CAN BE, FOR ALL OF US, THERE IS ENOUGH TO GO AROUND, THE WORLD, IS PLENTIFUL AND BOUNTEOUS! NOW, I JUST WANTED TO, GIVE, MILITARY LEADERS, POLICY WONKS, THE TRUMP ADMINSTRATION, AND INDIVIDUAL CITIZENS, AN IDEA, OF WHAT, CAN BE DONE . . . IF YOU ARE NOT, PART OF THE SOLUTION, YOU ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM! IT IS EASY TO SIT AROUND AND BITCH AND MOAN, THAT TAKES NO EFFORT AT ALL, BUT TO REALLY, ROLL UP YOUR SLEEVES AND DIG IN AND DO WHAT YOU CAN, TO AID AND CONTRIBUTE TO THIS COUNTRY AND THE WORLD, TAKES, THE RIGHT THINKING AND THE RIGHT HEART! THIS IS WHAT ME AND A GROUP, I WOULD IMAGINE IS STILL OPERATING, AND IT IS A GREAT SOURCE, AND PLACE TO START, TO GET IDEAS FROM EXPERTS IN WORLD AFFAIRS. THERE IS A GROUP, CALLED, "GREAT DECISIONS" CREATED, IF MEMORY SERVES, BY PBS OR PUBIC BROADCASTING SYSTEMS, MADE FOR RETIRED FEMALE PROFESSORS, AND ANYONE THEY WANT TO INVITE, HUSBANDS, FRIENDS, COUSINS, AND PEOPLE CONCERNE ABOUT WORLD AFFAIRS. I BELIEVE AT THE TIME, I WAS A MEMBER, THERE WERE LIKE 119 CHAPTERS, ALL OVER THE WORLD, OF VERY SMART PEOPLE, WORLD TRAVELLERS, WITH KIDS AND SPOUSES, WHO, WERE ROCKIN' THE WORLD TOO AND CONCERNED ABOUT, WHAT IS GOING ON . . . BACK IN I 2009, WHEN, PRESIDENT OBAMA, HAD JUST BEEN SWORN IN, THE ST. GEORGE, UTAH CHAPTER, PUT ME IN CHARGE OF THE CHAPTER IN THE BOOK, TO LEAD A DISCUSSION, ON AFGANISTAN AND PAKISTAN, AT THE SAME TIME, OUR NEW PRESIDENT WAS BEING, GRILLED BY CONGRESS, ABOUT WHY THEY SHOULD APPROPRIATE MORE MONEY FOR AFGHANISTAN, AND WHY THEY SHOULD AGREE TO SEND MORE TROOPS. I SAW A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE, AND I THOUGHT, RATHER THAN JUST DISCUSS, THESE CHAPTERS, WRITTEN BY WORLD RENOWNED, SCHOLARS, ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS, WHY DON'T WE, BEING A VERY SMART GROUP OF PEOPLE WITH TIME ON OUR HANDS, COME UP WITH A PLAN FOR DEALING WITH AFGHANISTAN? OUR CHAIR AGREED TO MY HAIR BRAINED, PLANS, AND, THIS GROUP OF BRILLIANT WELL READ, PEOPLE, JUMPED IN WITH BOTH FEET, READING BOOK AFTER BOOK, TALKING TO THEIR KIDS WHO WERE OVER IN AFGHANISTAN, SETTING UP GIRL'S SCHOOLS, OR THEIR CAREER MILITARY HUSBANDS, FIGHTER PILOTS, WHO HAD BEEN OVER IN THOSE AREAS OF THE WORLD WITH THEIR COMMANDS . . . I KNEW NOTHING BUT WAS IN THE BOOK, BUT I WAS THE CLEARING HOUSE, TO TAKE IN THE EMAILS WITH THE IDEAS AND SUGGESTIONS OF WHAT OUR PLAN SHOULD BE. IT APPEARED TO ME, THAT THERE WERE FOUR GENERAL CATEGORIES OF SUGGESTIONS, THAT CAME UP TIME AND TIME AGAIN, SO, I GROUPED,, AND CLASSIFIED, THOSE INTO ONE PRONG OF A FOUR POINT PLAN FOR AMERICA DEALINGS IN AFGHANISTAN . . . PAKISTAN, TOOK A MORE SUPPORTIVE ROLE, HOWEVER, THERE WAS A NEED TO UNDERSTAND, THAT, U.S. TROOPS WHO FIRED ON CIVILIANS, ONLY, STRENGHTENED THE TALIBAN AND AL QAEDA, SENDING THEM, AFTER RETAILIATING INTO THE MASSES OF CIVILIANS, WHO THEN WERE BOMBED BY OUR OWN TROOPS TAKING A COUNTRY THAT WAS WILING TO HELP US, TURNING BROTHER AGAINST BROTHER INTO A CIVIL WAR! AFTER I ASSIMILATED, A PLAN, THAT WAS FAR MORE INTELLECTUALLY, CHALLENGING, THAT MY BAR EXAMS, AFTER LAW SCHOOL, SPENDING ABOUT 100 HOURS, COLLATING AND COLLOBORATING WITH GROUP MEMBERS, I TOOK THE PLAN TO OUR UTAH, CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION, AFTER SENDING A COPY TO THE WHITE HOUSE, WITH THE FIRST VERSION BEING A 7 PAGE PLAN, WITH CONGRESSMAN, JIM MATHESON, ASKING ME TO CUT THE 7 PAGES DOWN TO A 4 PAGE PLAN, SO THE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, COULD STREAMLLINE THE TIME. I DID AND SENT A 4 PAGE PLAN TO THE WHITE HOUSE, TO CHIEF OF STAFF, DAVID AXELROD. I REMEMBER THE THRILL, WHEN, SECRETARY OF STATE, HILLARY CLINTON, MADE REFERENCE TO OUR PLAN, ALMOST HIGHLIGHTING, THE MAIN POINTS, AND PRESIDENT OBAMA, USED, OR MENTIONED SOME OF THEM TOO, IN VARIOUS, SPEECHES. CAN I BE SO BOLD AS TO SUGGEST, THAT, RETIRED, PROFESSOR, ARE A RICH, SOURCE OF BRAIN TRUST, AND POWER, THAT IS UNTAPPED, WITH TONS OF TIME, AND AN INTEREST, THAT CAN BENEFIT OUR COUNTRY! LET ME CHALLENGE, ALL THE CHAPTERS OF "GREAT DECISIONS" TO SEE WHAT THERE IS ON SYRIA, WHICH IS A FUCKING MESS, WITH 6 CIVL WARS, GOING ON SIMULTANEOUSLY, AND SEE WHAT YOU AND YOUR CHAPTER CAN DO TO HELP! SEND YOUR SUGGESTIONS AND PLANS, USING THE "K.I.S.S." POLICY, KEEP IT SIMPLE STUPID, AND GIVE OUR PRESIDENT SOME HELP! THE WORLD IS A COMPLICATED AND CHALLENGING PLACE, BUT, WE ARE SMART ENOUGH, COOL ENOUGH, BRAVE ENOUGH, TO MAKE PEACE HAPPEN. SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO GO TO WAR TO GET TO PEACE, BUT DIPLOMACY IS BETTER, WE HAVE TO SEEK TO UNDERSTAND THE COUNTRIES, THE CULTURES, THE VALUES OF THE PLACES WITH CONFLICTS, BEFORE WE CAN HELP, MAINTAIN, PEACE AND STABILITY! ASK NOT WHAT YOUR COUNTRY CAN DO FOR YOU, BUT WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR YOUR COUNTRY! JESUS SAID, HE WHO IS GREATEST AMONG US, IS OUR SERVANT! THE GOOD FIGHT! LOVE YOUR GOD AND LOVE YOUR FELLOW MAN! GOOD NIGHT, SIGNING OFF, FROM BROADWAY INN, ROOM 101, AT 12:24 AM, 4/7/2017, FROM BEAUTIFUL, MISSOULA, MONTANA! SLEEP TIGHT!