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On Friday evening, President Trump announced that he has ordered the US military to attack Syria’s government. The attacks, which will be participated in by British and French forces, will focus on strikes against Syrian chemical capabilities, including production facilities.
British Prime Minister Theresa May offered a similar statement shortly thereafter, saying the attacks would continue to degrade Syria.
Though Trump indicated the attacks primarily against Syria, he also went after Russia and Iran in the speech, declaring them to be responsible for the company that they keep. Trump further said Russia was “directly responsible” for the alleged chemical attack on Saturday.
The statement comes two days after President Trump, mocking Russia for saying they would intercept US missiles attacking Syria, told them to “get ready.” Trump’s Friday comments suggested this may be a protracted attack, saying America’s “righteous power” would establish a deterrent to chemical attacks.
Trump has been talking up the attack all week, while Defense Secretary James Mattis had been resisting the effort, expressing concern that a US strike would lead to a direct war with Russia. The rest of the cabinet was said to support the strike.
…but Hillary!
this is the policy she advocated and would have implemented sooner.
Cohen…Mueller with evidence he visited Prague (via Germany) in 2016 after having lied about such a visit last year. Cohen…under grand jury investigation for months. Cohen…1.6 million dollar hush money pay-off for now former RNC donor Elliott Broidy…Comey revelations…
Answer? Feckless bombing of Syria.
What a fucking tool.
No proof no problem, the White Helmets win this one, the world steps closer to war.
I’ve never been more proud. BRAVO…
F-35’s deployed from Turkish airspace more to come .
Hey antiwar Zombies no worries I’m sure the Chinese are coming to the rescue as we speak…Hahaha
They had to bomb Damascus tonight. Earlier today Reuters reported:
” Inspectors from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) are due to start work in Douma, outside the Syrian capital on Saturday.”
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-chemicalweapons/factbox-chemical-weapons-inspectors-how-do-they-work-idUSKBN1HK16H
Gotta hand it to NATO precision strikes,multiple platforms, un-manned, and manned capabilities no loss of life. Next time you gas your people Assad it’s your ASS.
UNCLE SAM
You really are a special kind of stupid, aren’t you?
Special-Ed….Little bus status…
Hey Assad Happy Friday the 13th…Courtesy UNCLE SAM…..You’re ass is on the chopping block next time….Last chance.
Countdown to the next bogus “Assad chemical attack”.
Spare us, O Lord, from Trump!
Israel celebrating all the way
Yes, in anticipation of carving up Syria for a new land-grab.
Peace, peace and more peace. But in the meantime F-ck Trump.
Yep, no excuses for this one, Trump owns it now. They all do, May, Macron and all of the idiots everywhere pushing for this insanity.
For me the most interesting was the press conference with Mattis and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dunford. They told us that this will be a very limited and area-restricted attack. No attempts to overthrow the Assad regime. No attacks on Syrian troops proper. In essence a ramped-up April 2017.
What is remarkable is that these laboratories and production sites have long been known and nothing was done to destroy them earlier.
With the Truman carrier group a week and Turkey unreliable, its not going to be a particularly hard strike.
The Euros have been itching to test their SCALP/Shadow Storm cruise missiles.