Posted on 04/14/2018 7:51:46 AM PDT by McGruff
President Donald Trump declared "mission accomplished" early Saturday morning after the U.S.-led predawn airstrikes in Syria dealt what Pentagon officials called a "very serious blow" that "attacked the heart of the Syrian chemical weapons program."
While Syrian television reported that the nation's air defenses responded to the strikes, "none of our aircraft or missiles in this operation were successfully engaged" by the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, said Lt. Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, the director of the Joint Staff.
"The Syrian response was remarkably ineffective," he told reporters.
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The Left is trying to do a “Bush” on him when it’s obvious he is speaking about the specific mission he ginned up...
I think PDJT did it a) It is correct b) To poke the msm in the eye. He’s quite good at b.
Oh nooo,
The media says russian missiles shot down 80+ percent of the launched missiles.
Yeah right.
Very impressive op, 13 tankers on station and a Bombardier all the way from Kabul.
I do have a problem with a correspondent, Joe R. Tabet, ratting out the mission about 30 minutes before the first strike and before Trump’s announcement:
https://twitter.com/JoeRTabet/status/984953458485809152
What does it take to stop these leaks?
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