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UPDATE – U.S. Launches 59 Tomahawk Missiles Against Syrian Sharyat Airbase Near Homs…
The Conservative Treehouse ^ | April 6, 2017 | Sundance

Posted on 04/06/2017 7:44:59 PM PDT by bobsunshine

President Trump is anticipated to deliver remarks to the nation tonight:

– The targeted single airfield is Sharyat airbase in NW Syria, near Homs – The alleged source of chemical attack – Approximately 60 missiles fired – Russian military was informed in advance – Congressional Gang-of-Eight was notified in advance –

(SEE ATTACHED RELEASE FROM PENTAGON SPOKESMAN)

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


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bloggers; blogpimp; sundance; syria; trump; trumpsyria
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To: rdcbn; 2ndDivisionVet; appalachian_dweller; aragorn; Arthur Wildfire! March; ASA Vet; ...

PING!!!!

Article and comments, esp, particularly #75

Excerpt:
Trump used the purported Syrian gas attack and the world wide PR campaign to force Trump to take action against Syria and sued the PR pressure group to used to mobilize world opinion for an attack against Syria against them.

In doing so - Trump sent his own message.

-The message was to Iran, Syria, Russia, North Korea, Afghanistan...and others....

-Now that Trump has Assad and Putin’s attention, Sec of State Tillerson’s negotiations to marginalize Iran and North Korea may proceed in a smoother and more expedited fashion.

-Questions about Trumps sympathy and potential for favorable treatment for Russia are now pretty much put to rest.

-The rest of the world is fully aware that the gas attack was not done by Assad, but they are even more aware that Trump is unpredictable and ruthless enough to use a fake story about Assad’s WMD attack as cover to inflict some pain to get the attention of incorrigible members of the axis of evil.

read more
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3541888/posts?page=75#75

Thanks, rdcbn


121 posted on 04/07/2017 6:38:01 AM PDT by Whenifhow (when, if and how will Obama be gone?)
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To: maxtheripper

Well, when someone kills 80+ people with banned chemicals, mostly woman and children, if you have a heart, that would change my mind. So Trump decided, we don’t need to have ground troops, so let’s blast the hell out their infrastructure where the weapons came from. Maybe this will stop it. Don’t forget, Susan Rice a few months or so ago said all Syria’s chemical weapons had been voluntarily surrendered.

Sometimes, to fix the situation in which you’ve been lied to, you must slap some common sense into these people. And as I said before, he destroyed the weapons that participated in the use of the chemicals, not the troops.


122 posted on 04/07/2017 6:48:40 AM PDT by bobsunshine
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To: Just mythoughts

I hope there’s a strategy here and we don’t end up with 50,000 troops in Syria for the next twenty years.


123 posted on 04/07/2017 6:56:52 AM PDT by Deo volente ("Our Independence Day is at hand, and it arrives finally on November 8th." Donald Trump)
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To: bobsunshine

Now the official US policy as communicated by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is to force Assad from power.

Show me the last time forcing a ruler from power in the middle east did not turn out to be a complete disaster.


124 posted on 04/07/2017 7:07:19 AM PDT by maxtheripper
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To: RepRivFarm

Reportedly, he gave Russia 30 minutes notice. Doesn’t sound like a lot of time to move materiel.


125 posted on 04/07/2017 7:44:11 AM PDT by AFreeBird
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To: bigbob
He also demonstrated strength. No red lines pussy talk, this is what leaders of great nations do. Those whining about “we didn’t vote for war” can go stuff it. Nobody votes for any THING. We vote for people who we trust to make the right decisions when the time comes. That is how a representative republic works. You wanted a President who operates on the basis of focus groups and public opinion polls? Sorry the last one is term limited and the old hag lost. You’d rather have a democracy where everyone gets to vote on everything? The link to DU can be found in Google.

Thank you - it bears repeating

126 posted on 04/07/2017 8:33:56 AM PDT by atc23 (The Confederacy was the single greatest conservative resistance to federal authority ever)
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To: Cementjungle
snicker
127 posted on 04/07/2017 8:35:04 AM PDT by atc23 (The Confederacy was the single greatest conservative resistance to federal authority ever)
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To: gr8eman

Agreed


128 posted on 04/07/2017 9:12:03 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: bobsunshine

I wonder how long until we hear the Native American activists whining about the name “Tomahawk”?


129 posted on 04/07/2017 9:12:44 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator
I wonder how long until we hear the Native American activists whining about the name “Tomahawk”?

It won't be the Native Americans, it will be the snowflakes, socialists, anarchists, commies - the usual suspects.

130 posted on 04/07/2017 9:43:39 AM PDT by Art in Idaho (Conservatism is the only Hope for Western Civilization.)
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To: Candor7
Trumps improvised situation room in Marlago:

They are clockwise around the table:

Unnamed man; Jared Kushner, adviser to the president; Steven Mnuchin, Treasury Secretary; Wilbur Ross, Commerce Secretary; Sean Spicer, Press Secretary; Rex Tillerson, Secretary of State; General H.R. McMaster, National Security Advisor; Reince Priebus, White House chief of staff. Seated on the right are from front: Gary Cohn, Director fo the National Economic Council; Dina Powell, Deputy National Security Advisor; Michael Anton, National Security Council spokesman; Stephen Miller, senior adviser; Steve Bannon, chief strategist.


131 posted on 04/07/2017 9:47:52 AM PDT by caww
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To: caww

132 posted on 04/07/2017 9:50:42 AM PDT by caww
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To: caww
....the remains of one of the hangars obliterated by US missiles fired from destroyers on Thursday night

.... burnt out shelters and hangars


133 posted on 04/07/2017 9:55:39 AM PDT by caww
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To: caww

134 posted on 04/07/2017 10:00:11 AM PDT by caww
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To: bobsunshine

60 tomahawks is a pretty big message.


135 posted on 04/07/2017 10:00:13 AM PDT by Crucial
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To: allendale

Even if Assad stays in power, he will not use WMD’s.


136 posted on 04/07/2017 10:01:19 AM PDT by Crucial
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To: Col Frank Slade

I hope he didn’t Agita. LOL


137 posted on 04/07/2017 10:02:51 AM PDT by angcat (THANK YOU LORD FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP!!!!!)
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To: Crucial

According the Daily Mail this is where ‘they see’ the countries stand:

ANTI ASSAD

US - President Donald Trump launches first airstrikes since six-year civil war started

UK - Supports US cruise airstrikes as Theresa May said chemical attack was ‘despicable’

France/Germany - Both of the countries today said Assad bears ‘sole responsibility’ for US strike

Turkey - Opposed to Assad but objects to Syrian rebels and wants control of Kurdish area

Canada - Canada gave more than $4.97million to the Syrian opposition in 2013

Saudi Arabia - The Middle East country is the main group to finance the rebels and has provided a large amount of weapons

Israel - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was the first to praise the US’s retaliatory attack, saying he ‘fully supports’ Donald Trump’s decision to launch the cruise missile attacks

Qatar - It was reported Qatar gave the Syrian rebels $2.98 billion at the start of the civil war in 2011


PRO ASSAD:

Russia - Gives military support, condemns the US airstrikes and suspends deal not to clash mid-air

Iran - Close strategic allies with Syria and has provided significant support including $8.69billion

North Korea - UN probe found that North Korea was supplying arms to Syria

Iraq - The Iraqi Government provided financial support and transported supplies

Algeria - Rumours suggest Algerian military aircraft is regularly landing in Syria

Venezuela - The South American country has shipped tens of millions of dollars worth of diesel to Syria

Lebanon - Police arrested family after they protested about the Syrian Government

Belarus - President Alexander Lukashenko supported Moscow’s involvement and offered air strike

Lebanese Hezbollah Party - Involvement has been substantial and has deployed troops since 2012


138 posted on 04/07/2017 10:05:54 AM PDT by caww
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To: Crucial

......”60 tomahawks is a pretty big message”.....

As one twitter wrote....

This was like Grandmas smack across the face, not the spoon, just to show nobody hits harder than Grandma.


139 posted on 04/07/2017 10:08:18 AM PDT by caww
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To: Paul R.

>but there is a lot of misinformation and lack of >information on these threads:

there you go, confusing people with facts..


140 posted on 04/07/2017 11:08:31 AM PDT by RitchieAprile
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