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Syria airstrikes: Trump declares 'mission accomplished' after hitting weapons targets
NBC News ^ | Apr.14.2018 | Chelsea Bailey and Erik Ortiz

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Russia; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: kennethmckenzie; waronterror
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I don't think he actually said those words but how predictable of the MSM.
1 posted on 04/14/2018 7:51:46 AM PDT by McGruff
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To: McGruff

Agreed.
You don’t think.
Putin does your thinking.


2 posted on 04/14/2018 7:55:04 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (Happy Nobama)
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To: McGruff

the left is attacking Trump for saying that............their evil thinking never seems to end does it.


3 posted on 04/14/2018 7:56:23 AM PDT by blueyon (The U. S. Constitution - read it and weep)
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To: McGruff

he’s CIC. the military mission was accomplished. period.


4 posted on 04/14/2018 7:58:45 AM PDT by avital2
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To: McGruff

The American Military Just Won the War

A crowd of people turned away


5 posted on 04/14/2018 8:01:21 AM PDT by Blue House Sue
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To: McGruff

A perfectly executed strike last night. Thank you to France and the United Kingdom for their wisdom and the power of their fine Military. Could not have had a better result. Mission Accomplished!

https://mobile.twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/985130802668294144


6 posted on 04/14/2018 8:05:38 AM PDT by SMGFan (Sarah Michelle Gellar is on twitter @SarahMGellar)
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Ok, I was wrong. Guess I wasn't paying attention.

That being said those words were probably the worst thing he could have tweeted. If it's not over.

7 posted on 04/14/2018 8:10:25 AM PDT by McGruff (So when do we bring our troops home?)
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To: McGruff

8 posted on 04/14/2018 8:15:44 AM PDT by McGruff (So when do we bring our troops home?)
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Some after action pics/video and a written assessment for each of the alleged 100 missiles would be good to see.


9 posted on 04/14/2018 8:16:17 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: McGruff

The “mission” will not be fully accomplished as long as the USA remains under two rules of law. Every day that Hillary walks free is just another slap in the face of the people not just in this country but the rest of the world. Trump immediately punishes Syria but here in our own country he does nothing as a career criminal who has we speak is still damaging the country by flaming race relations only a few days ago.


10 posted on 04/14/2018 8:17:05 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Vox populi, vox dei)
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Every day that Hillary walks free

Should we send a couple of missiles her way?

Besides, Trump needs people in the DOJ and FBI willing to bring Hillary to justice. Trump cannot investigate or indict on his own.
11 posted on 04/14/2018 8:23:48 AM PDT by adorno
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To: McGruff

Dear Lord, Thank you so much for President Trump. Please give him guidance as he leads our county through this evil time. Amen


12 posted on 04/14/2018 8:28:31 AM PDT by upchuck (Keep a sharp lookout. The best is yet to come.)
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To: blueyon

“the left is attacking Trump for saying that”..

I often wonder how the liberals would respond when/if a similar such gas attacked was launched by some foreign gubmint against the U.S and killing many of those very liberals. I can almost hear the rhetoric now.


13 posted on 04/14/2018 8:32:43 AM PDT by DaveA37
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To: McGruff

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3647512/posts


14 posted on 04/14/2018 8:47:56 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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The deep state wanted a war in Syria. Now they can’t complain. The End.


15 posted on 04/14/2018 8:52:26 AM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: McGruff
He did actually say those words, and he was correct: The mission was to destroy the research and manufacturing facilities comprised of three buildings. And also to deliver a figurative slap to the back of Assad's head and attempt to shame Putin and the Iranian Mullahs and also to warn them against continuing to back Assad. And all of that was indeed accomplished.

Now, the only reason the left and Trump-haters are harping on this "Mission Accomplished" BS is that now-infamous photo of GWB on the deck of a U.S. Navy ship where the sailors hung a "Mission Accomplished" banner from (what looks like) the structure just below the bridge. At that time, the BDS-infected leftist press complained that the war was just starting, and the president (at that time) was claiming premature victory.

The whole thing is frikkin' ridiculous. I wish I could say I was surprised to see so many on FNC harping in the (non)issue, but I can't.
16 posted on 04/14/2018 9:04:36 AM PDT by LIConFem (I will no longer accept the things I cannot change. it's time to change the things I cannot accept.)
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Given past history, the optics were not the best here.


17 posted on 04/14/2018 9:05:26 AM PDT by dfwgator
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I think POTUS should be more concerned with reality than optics. Truth is truth, no matter how hard the progressive left tries to distort it.


18 posted on 04/14/2018 9:08:10 AM PDT by LIConFem (I will no longer accept the things I cannot change. it's time to change the things I cannot accept.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

You should look in the mirror.


19 posted on 04/14/2018 9:10:37 AM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: Parley Baer

I look in the mirror and see someone supporting US President Trump’s attack on the Terror State of Assad.

What does your mirror show?


20 posted on 04/14/2018 9:20:58 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (Happy Nobama)
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