With the Syrian air strike, Donald Trump has demonstrated his ability to be decisive and nimble.  His course of action was that of a bold, unpredictable risk-taker.  It's the very opposite of what Barack Obama was.  That steadier hand, unaffected by media flatterers as Obama was, shows a more direct independent and non-doctrinaire approach that can be called the Trump Doctrine: to try friendly negotiations (in domestic and foreign affairs) first, and should that approach go nowhere, a resort to force will follow. The strike on Syria's airbase at Shayrat with 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles is a small but meaningful and measured wake-up call to the world to demonstrate this doctrine.  U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley delivered an impassioned plea for changes in the region, but her calls fell on deaf ears, and the U.N. took no action.  The result was Trump taking action, like a new sheriff in town, signaling to other bellicose...(Read Full Post)