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The Latest: Pentagon: Russian trolls spreading lies on Syria
ABC "News" ^ | Apr 14, 2018, 10:10 AM ET | Ass Press

Posted on 04/14/2018 8:08:33 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

The Latest on U.S.-led missile strikes on Syria (all times local):

10:10 a.m.

The Pentagon says a Russian "disinformation campaign" has already begun over the U.S.-led airstrikes in Syria.

Chief Pentagon spokeswoman Dana White said Saturday that "there has been a 2,000 percent increase in Russian trolls in the past 24 hours."

The U.S., Britain and France said they launched Saturday's strike to punish Syrian President Bashar Assad for a suspected chemical attack against civilians in the town of Douma outside Damascus. Opposition leaders and rescuers say more than 40 people, including many women and children, died in the suspected chemical attack.

Russia's Foreign Ministry says the attack was an attempt to derail an investigation into a purported chemical attack. The Foreign Ministry says facts presented by Russian investigators indicated that the purported attack was a "premeditated and cynical sham."

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"If you aren't with us, you're a Russian troll."
1 posted on 04/14/2018 8:08:33 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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“there has been a 2,000 percent increase in Russian trolls in the past 24 hours”

What a amateur thing to say.


2 posted on 04/14/2018 8:12:20 AM PDT by McGruff (So when do we bring our troops home?)
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The U.S., Britain and France said they launched Saturday's strike to punish Syrian President Bashar Assad for a suspected chemical attack against civilians in the town of Douma outside Damascus. Opposition leaders and rescuers say more than 40 people, including many women and children, died in the suspected chemical attack.
3 posted on 04/14/2018 8:20:58 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
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Appears the neocons realize the American people aren’t buying their fibe this time.

So they blame ‘outshde agitators’ for their failure.

I think I saw a poll that showed 2/3s believed the gas attack was a false flag.

The American people voted for Trump precisely to keep
us from squandering oh blood and treasure needlessly


4 posted on 04/14/2018 8:23:05 AM PDT by vooch (America First Drain the Swamp)
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The Media isn’t going to be satisfied until we are in a shooting war with the Russians.


5 posted on 04/14/2018 8:24:39 AM PDT by Tallguy
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

US Govt Deep State to America: you are either with us, or we will make up lies about you.


6 posted on 04/14/2018 8:25:12 AM PDT by PGR88
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Syria said it shot down 13 missiles , ah nope ,Syria started shooting after it was all over ,LOL


7 posted on 04/14/2018 8:26:07 AM PDT by butlerweave
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Cavuto is more moderate - anyone with intellectual curiosity is a "black helicopter type." They're not questioning anything and neither should we.

What a POS.

8 posted on 04/14/2018 8:27:05 AM PDT by AAABEST
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“If you aren’t with us, you’re a Russian troll.”


Not really. It was the same with Ukraine. Putin’s poodles bark the Kremlin talking points of the day without regard to the actual facts.

In the case of Ukraine some here parroted the Kremlin line that the “uprising” in Crimea was entirely locals. When later Putin handed out medals to the Russians from Moscow who stole the Crimean parliament at gun point we never heard from our local Putinists on the subject. They’d moved on to the new Kremlin talking points without skipping a beat. How pathetic is that?


9 posted on 04/14/2018 8:27:08 AM PDT by lodi90
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“Russian trolls spreading lies on Syria”

How does that manifest, exactly?

What does it look like?

I haven’t seen it here, do they have some other outlet? Facebook maybe?


10 posted on 04/14/2018 8:27:28 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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Answer me this....how could we have destroyed a chemical warfare plant if they ain’t supposed to have any?


11 posted on 04/14/2018 8:28:16 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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Now yes. Before we were accused of being with Move On, DU, or worse, the islamists themselves. Yet it turns out the finger pointers have been on the side of the islamists for quite some time.


12 posted on 04/14/2018 8:29:30 AM PDT by SecAmndmt (Arm yourselves!)
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“The American people voted for Trump precisely to keep
us from squandering oh blood and treasure needlessly”

105 cruise missiles is hardly a major event. HHS loses that much every month in rounding errors lol

And be certain, it was all for show. 105 cruise missiles could not change the reality on the ground.


13 posted on 04/14/2018 8:30:40 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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Our friends in Syria:

Our enemies in Syria:

I guess I'm a Russian troll now.

14 posted on 04/14/2018 8:30:51 AM PDT by Drew68 (Russian troll since 2001.)
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Answer me this....how could we have destroyed a chemical warfare plant if they ain’t supposed to have any?

It's easy. Because we said we did and we said they do. Now stop asking questions.

15 posted on 04/14/2018 8:32:00 AM PDT by Drew68 (Russian troll since 2001.)
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Why would they want that? Hardly anyone would be able to listen to them on anything from home TV to portable electronic devices if nuclear holocaust happened.


16 posted on 04/14/2018 8:33:36 AM PDT by Morpheus2009
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And the insufferable phony shrew - Nikki Haley - incessantly running the lying hole in her face.

Her body language, while polished, betrays her - she looks like even SHE doesn't believe the BS coming out of her own mouth.

17 posted on 04/14/2018 8:34:54 AM PDT by AAABEST
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So now the Globalist
Warmongers are going to blame Russian disinformation if Assad wasn’t responsible for the chemical attacks?


18 posted on 04/14/2018 8:35:53 AM PDT by grania (President Trump, stop believing the Masters of War!)
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I cussed at the tv when he said that.


19 posted on 04/14/2018 8:36:03 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$
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the swamp is wide reaching.


20 posted on 04/14/2018 8:37:27 AM PDT by Democrats hate too much
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