川普在奧巴馬倒下的地方站了起來

川普政府昨天對阿薩德政府再次使用化學武器做出迅速、果斷的反應，獲得了自由世界和大多數阿拉伯國家的一致讚賞。可以說，他在奧巴馬倒下的地方站了起來（Trump stands where Obama falls)，這件事辦得相當漂亮。

2013年，巴馬本來為敘利亞政府畫了一道紅線，結果是：人家越線了，他卻被諾貝爾和平獎捆住了手腳，沒有做出應有的果斷反應，更沒有挾當時在伊拉克軍事部署的有利之勢，進行任何有效的威懾，倒仿佛是被驢黨拉得黔驢技窮了。

於是人們看到一幅怪異的美國外交圖景：對已經投誠的穆巴拉克、卡紮菲，巴馬反而要趕盡殺絕；對真正動用了化學武器的阿薩德，他卻軟弱的要命。這讓天下人如何信服？不久，敘利亞和伊拉克出現了權力真空，ISIS這個“中東魔獸”被放出來了。巴馬在敘利亞輸給俄羅斯一招，一年後克裏米亞又輸了一招，最後連土雞都倒向了俄羅斯，可以說對俄外交一敗塗地。難怪巴馬對普帝恨得牙根癢癢，可是大國比拚的是實力，領導人比的是鬥智鬥勇，你巴馬誌大才疏，賴誰呢？

反倒是被民主黨扣上“俄奸”帽子的老船，正經硬氣了一把，出手快、準、狠，管你是鵝螺絲還是鴨螺絲的小弟，該修理咱就修理，沒商量！

晚上剛收到一位民主黨參議員的news letter，明確表示支持川普打擊阿薩德的立場。單單這一點，“業餘”出身的老船就比政客出身的巴馬強得太多。以下引自其聲明：

“In 2013, when Assad used chemical weapons on his own people, I voted to support military action, but ultimately the United States decided not to intervene at that time. Since then, Assad’s brutality has continued unabated. That’s why I’m supportive of the Trump administration’s decision yesterday to launch air strikes in response to Assad’s most recent atrocity against his own people. He must be held accountable.

The Syrian civil war has lasted for six years and hundreds of thousands of Syrians have been killed, many at the hands of Assad and his brutal regime. The people of Syria deserve justice, and today I introduced bipartisan legislation to instruct the Secretary of State to report on war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide in Syria. This is one important step to ensuring Assad is held accountable for his acts of barbarism.”

本周老船的外交，給110分！