Wednesday April 12, 2017

// April 12th, 2017 // Daily News

Trump says ‘We’re not going into Syria’ but ‘worst tyrants’ didn’t use gas

NBC News
President Donald Trump said in an interview to air Wednesday that “we’re not going into Syria” after the United States launched a cruise missile strike against a government airbase in that nation over a chemical attack in the country’s six-year civil war.
Trump in an interview with Fox Business’ Maria Bartiromo also tried to blame the administration of former President Barack Obama of past inaction, saying that “what I did should have been done by the Obama administration a long time before I did it,” according to excerpts released by Fox Business on Tuesday.
Asked if the United States is going to get involved in Syria, Trump said: “No. But if I see them using gas and using things that — I mean even some of the worst tyrants in the world didn’t use the kind of gases that they used. And some of the gases are unbelievably potent.”
“So when I saw that, I said we have to do something,” Trump said. Trump said he was dismayed by the images of dying children in last Monday’s alleged chemical attack on the Syrian town of Khan Sheikhoun, which U.S. officials believe involved a nerve agent.
Obama did consider air strikes in 2013 in response to the alleged use of chemical weapons by the forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, and at the time Trump on Twitter said the U.S. shouldn’t strike Syria at all, and shouldn’t do so without Congressional approval.
The matter never came up for a vote amid a Russia-brokered agreement for Syria to hand over its chemical weapons. U.S. Special Forces are operating in Syria to assist forces fighting ISIS, and the United States is leading a coalition conducting air strikes against the terror group in Syria.
“We’re not going into Syria,” Trump said in the interview. “But when I see people using horrible, horrible chemical weapons, which they agreed not to use under the Obama administration, but they violated it.”
Meanwhile, Trump’s “even the worst tyrants” line echoed statements that put his White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer in the middle of an uproar earlier Tuesday.

Today’s Inspiration

High Praises of God

by Joyce Meyer – posted April 12, 2017

Let the saints be joyful in the glory and beauty [which God confers upon them]; let them sing for joy upon their beds. Let the high praises of God be in their throats and a two-edged sword in their hands.
—Psalm 149:5-6

We should form a habit of thanking and praising God as soon as we wake up each morning. While we are still lying in bed, let’s give thanks and fill our minds with Scripture.

Praise defeats the devil quicker than any other battle plan. Praise is an invisible garment that we put on and it protects us from defeat and negativity in our minds. But it must be genuine, heartfelt praise, not just lip service or a method being tried to see if it works. We praise God for the promises in His Word and for His goodness.

Worship is a battle position! As we worship God for Who He is and for His attributes, for His ability and might, we draw closer to Him and the enemy is defeated.

We can never be too thankful! Thank God all day long and remember the many things He has done for you.

God never loses a battle. He has a definite battle plan, and when we follow Him, we will always win.

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