NOT The Onion: Samantha Power's slam on Trump's Syria strategy sends heads CRASHING to desks

Samantha Power, former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. during the Obama administration, is troubled by President Trump’s approach to foreign policy:

Samantha Power "fearful" Trump administration 'has no strategy besides tweeting and bombing' https://t.co/c82HrwGeav pic.twitter.com/sA8dwzYtrP

— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) April 14, 2018

Power ended a series of tweets, which began by saying she thinks the U.S., U.K. and France made an “appropriate response” to Syria’s use of chemical weapons, by expressing concern:

4/6 But now what? General Mattis, Chairman Dunford & the US military do their jobs brilliantly. But can anyone on earth define US policy toward Syria? Since Trump took office, there hasn’t been a single serious, sustained diplomatic initiative aimed at ending the war.

— Samantha Power (@SamanthaJPower) April 14, 2018

5/6 And what is current US policy re Russia? The Russian ambass in Wash is shunned, unable even to secure meetings. But we need channels & we need objectives. For nights like tonight — & nights for the rest of time — the US needs a Russia strategy. Mixed msgs are disastrous.

— Samantha Power (@SamanthaJPower) April 14, 2018

6/6 So where does that leave us? Wondering how history wd be diff if Cameron had done in 2013 as May has done; appreciating why Trump struck on behalf of CW ban, which has to matter; & fearful that the Trump admin has no strategy besides tweeting&bombing.

— Samantha Power (@SamanthaJPower) April 14, 2018

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“Tweeting and bombing”? Throw in a slam against red line rhetoric and the use of diplomacy by hashtag and that’d be a five-star self-awareness fail:

Not an Onion article https://t.co/CxX27oqUYT

— Jodi (@APLMom) April 14, 2018

Uh, what?https://t.co/So8DPsd6ps

— RW Nutjob ?? (@RWNutjob1) April 14, 2018

Promise of hashtag https://t.co/6x3FaXZx6x

— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) April 14, 2018

I will not be lectured on global responses by people with as sorry a record as hers. https://t.co/RVAJqzVsbS

— Mark Davis (@MarkDavis) April 14, 2018

You should probably sit this one out, Sam. https://t.co/g9146Bg99Q

— Kristi Hays (@KHays13) April 14, 2018

https://twitter.com/ChefJustin79/status/985146486399946752

Ouch!