Well, that worked, no one's talking about Comey or Cohen or laughing about

[procon]

Trump's pee-pee fetish. Good job, Trump!

[triron]

1. yep, just give the media a shiny object to chase.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. That was the whole point. But give it a day or two.

The reality is that most Americans don't give a crap about Syria and couldn't find it on a map. Trump's domestic scandals won't go away.

[bdamomma]

3. yea drop a bomb

and change the narrative. what a POS he is.

[poboy2]

4. I believe the first two posts misinterpret your OP.

You are implying this will be over and back to the myriad scandals.

[procon]

12. It's a bit of both, I suppose.

Trump's bombing crusade gets hima brief respite from the hourly breaking news scandals revealing his latest corrupt deeds, but he can't escape his legal problems for long. Comey's memoir hits bookstores next week, and he has already scheduled a series of media appearances that will put him squarely back in the public eye.

If anything, Mueller's investigation(s) see to be ramping up, and journalists are discovering new information every day. Speculation is mounting about Mueller's report on Trump’s conduct while in office and the media has said they are in the final stages, with the first report focused on obstruction of justice.

There doesn't seem to be a lot of western media in Syria, so coverage might be very limited, and we all know how the feckless public will quickly lose interest without on the scene videos of war porn. So this temporary diversionary display will play out over the weekend -- another bad decision for Trump -- when people aren't watching 24/7 news. Once Comey starts doing the talk show circuit and the next breaking news story about Trump's evil doings hits, he's right back in the soup again.

[JI7]

5. But Mueller is continuing his work along with others working on those cases

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

6. Yes, so obvious Syria is nothing but a distraction from the Mueller investigation...

obviously, he's hot on Donny "Tiny Hands" trail.

[C_U_L8R]

7. Justice will not be deterred.

It'll still be there tomorrow.

[wishstar]

8. Most people are watching their usual Friday night entertainment shows that are running

As far as I can tell, only the 3 cable news networks have interrupted their coverage of other political stories to cover Syria attack.

[misanthrope]

9. This changes nothing

Sides are drawn, among the citizens and Congress alike. Impeachment is no more or less likely now than it was an hour ago.

Mueller continues to work.

[triron]

10. All Rachel talked about tonite were the strikes etc.

I was disappointed.

[shanti]

11. Waiting to see if it comes up on Maher tonite n/t

[spanone]

13. it also allows Mueller to go about his steady work....it won't affect him

[blake2012]

14. I minor blip. News will soon revert to Trump as traitor

And all around disgusting human.

[Awsi Dooger]

15. That's not reality

The investigation stuff has been going on so long it more or less blends from one day to the next, in the mind of the typical American. But very, very, very seldom does a president launch an attack like this. It will dominate the headlines and the discussion. People will know about it who didn't hear anything about Comey's book or anything about Michael Cohen.

Any president has enormous resources at his disposal. When you are a life long crook and liar like this president, then the resources expand to immeasurable level because nothing is out of bounds for him. That's why it's silly to pretend Trump is on the verge of being kicked out of office. His approval rating will rise based on this act alone.

[blake2012]

16. Hahaha. Wrong. At the same time Nixon was opening relations with China

And engaged in the Vietnam War, he was green lighting nefarious illegal activities and covering it up.

Trump is fucked with or without Syrian bombing.