> President Trump has bestowed additional authority on the Pentagon in his first months in office, which the military has argued will help it defeat the Islamic State more speedily. Mr. Trump did not say whether he had personally approved Thursday’s mission.

> “What I do is I authorize my military,” Mr. Trump said after a meeting with emergency workers at the White House. He called the bombing “another very, very successful mission.”

I think we can imagine being more anti-war than Trump.

Do you remember Jimmy Carter? Being anti-war means deescalation, diplomacy and solving problems without violence.