Posted on 08/29/2013 6:18:41 PM PDT by Nachum
A fifth U.S. warship steamed toward the eastern Mediterranean on Thursday to join four other cruise missile destroyers poised for strikes on Syria, as U.S. and allied military planning continued for a bombing campaign against Syria.
U.S. intelligence agencies, meanwhile, continued to put the finishing touches on an assessment the Obama administration expects will conclusively link Syrian government and military leaders to the deadly nerve agent strike near Damascus Aug. 21.
A defense official said the fifth destroyer, the USS Stout, would soon arrive in waters near Syria. The warship is armed with Tomahawk cruise missiles.
Other officials familiar with intelligence reports said the White House is expected to release its intelligence assessment outlining the case against the Syrian government for the deadly nerve gas attacks near Damascus as early as Friday. The chemical rocket attack used nerve agent that killed up to 1,400 people.
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Ping.
Time for the International Criminal Court to arrest and try Obama for crimes against humanity!
ANTI WAR LIBERALS OF THE WORLD, UNITE!
Or "Rods from God"
This is what they called Cowboy Diplomacy when Bush was in office
Lets call it Rodeo Clown Diplomacy...
Bomb Syria, then bomb Iran. Dump every thing that emulates a Woodstock hippie with each load.
I have trouble grasping the idea that we should punish a country that uses weapons of mass destruction on their own people by launching scores of weapons of mass destruction on that county’s own people.
The Maddox, Gulf of Tonkin.
Target rich. One of these days, something’s going to get sunk or shot down.
The homeland attacks will be whithering if obama pulls the trigger.
Particularly egregious since that attack was not launched against us and Obanana will be committing an act of war against a non-belligerent, as that term relates to the U.S. Criminal.
Didn’t stop Clinton from bombing Serbia.
I also keep thinking of the Barry McGuire song, “Eve of Destruction.”
Clinton the trend-setter. Looks like our first and second black _residents are two peas in a pod.
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