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Trump threatens "Animal Assad," Putin over alleged chemical attack in Syria
CBS/AP ^ | April 8, 2018 | None Attributed

Posted on 04/08/2018 8:12:25 AM PDT by BeadCounter

WASHINGTON -- President Trump responded Sunday to reports of a suspected chemical attack in the Syrian city of Douma, blaming Syrian President Bashar Assad and his international allies for the apparent attack that left dozens dead and hundreds injured. In some of his most critical comments directed at Russian President Vladimir Putin to date, Mr. Trump threatened that there's a "big price ... to pay" for those backing the Assad regime.

Syrian opposition activists and rescuers said Sunday that a poison gas attack on the rebel-held town of Douma near the capital of Damascus killed at least 40 people. The alleged attack has been denied by the Syrian and Russian governments. Russia is Syria's closest ally and has a major military presence in the country.

Reports of the latest attack which appeared to target civilians and young children could not be independently verified.

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


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Israel; News/Current Events; Russia; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: assad; chemicalweapons; erdogan; fakenews; falseflag; homs; kurdistan; presidentivanka; receptayyiperdogan; russia; syria; trump; turkey; waronterror
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To: Alberta's Child

The bottom line is that a lot of people here simply enjoy watching the US conduct military action. They cheer for every single one and really don’t need to worry much about the reason.
It’s a measure of how degenerate we have become.

One might accurately call it the circus side of “bread and circuses”.


61 posted on 04/08/2018 9:22:43 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: BeadCounter

Last time I checked, Syria is not the US, Syria is not an ally of the US, and we do not have treat obligations to protect Syria or anyone in Syria.

Let the EU defend it’s pipeline route to Europe for the Saudi’s if it is so damn important. Clear out and stay out of that Islamic hell-hole.


62 posted on 04/08/2018 9:23:50 AM PDT by PTBAA
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To: BeadCounter

This is not the Trump I voted for.


63 posted on 04/08/2018 9:24:42 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Alberta's Child

Agreed. I would rather let the mid east sort itself out. It’s been cruel and inhuman in it’s convulsions for centuries and there’s not a damn thing the US can do to alter that dynamic other than a momentary band aid after which it’s wash, rinse and repeat time again.........................forever! Will we ever learn?!

If we’re going to SEND IN the marines, send a battalion along with US Marshalls so that they can back up the marshals at FBI HG. There, upon arrival, they should start walking down halls and kicking down doors until the Congressional subpoena’s are complied with 110%. Any FBI agent resisting should simply be shot dead on site (that’s what Marines do). That message needs to be sent loud and clear. Namely, The People (through their Congress) are in CONTROL not a handful of Hillary’s Lefty agents aka The Deep State.


64 posted on 04/08/2018 9:25:35 AM PDT by Cen-Tejas
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

My new desktop background, thanks.


65 posted on 04/08/2018 9:26:00 AM PDT by corlorde
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To: Sacajaweau

What a stupid analogy. The unelected queen is a figurehead, has no political power. Your hero the unelected Ruler of Saudi has total power, with no checks and balances. I suppose you like the fact Saudis arrest anyone carrying a New Testament. And most of 911 killers were Saudis


66 posted on 04/08/2018 9:30:57 AM PDT by WilliamIII
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To: DesertRhino

It was pathetic to see so many Freepers defending that retarded baboon George W. Bush even after 2005 when the new Iraqi government adopted a constitution in which Islam was enshrined as the official state religion.


67 posted on 04/08/2018 9:31:22 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic's.")
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To: Eleutheria5
First it was 150, then 70, now 40.

Give it 48 hours, and it will be a dozen cases of food poisoning at a Taco Bell in Damascus.

68 posted on 04/08/2018 9:32:28 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic's.")
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To: silverleaf

Hey there John Bolton! Welcome to the new job
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Have no fear, Maddog Mattis and Big Bad John Bolton will handle it.


69 posted on 04/08/2018 9:33:12 AM PDT by iontheball (lLL)
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To: riri
People can’t still really believe this crap can they? Does the deep state have, like, 7 different scenarios they replay constantly?

At this point, it's hard to believe anyone without irrefutable documentation - and even then you need to triple check the 'irrefutable documentation' and delve into the motivations of those who supplied it. I was just sitting here wondering how many sons and daughters of 'believing' patriots have died fighting wars they were manipulated to believe in.

70 posted on 04/08/2018 9:38:21 AM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: dfwgator

*** This is not the Trump I voted for. ***

Me, either. I grow more disappointed over the illegal military invasion of Syria each day. Guess the US military base being built near the Deir Ezzor oilfields is a big go.


71 posted on 04/08/2018 9:44:49 AM PDT by sockmonkey
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To: Alberta's Child
How many 911s occurred on U.S. soil BEFORE then?

I can think of one huge one in 1993. You may not think it was that big a deal, but the only difference between it and the one in 2001 was that the latter case was a success.

72 posted on 04/08/2018 9:46:13 AM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham (Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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To: Reno89519
It's a war zone. Not a Columbo/Blue Bloods/Monk crime scene.

But I'm ok with the idea of killing all the ISIS folks and then doing a crime scene analysis.

Before we insist the Syrians back down, maybe we can insist the British let the world (including the Russians) see the evidence about the poison that was either sprayed on a park bench, put through a car's ventilation system or painted on a door handle. They don't know how it was done, but are very sure that the Russians were the incompetents who failed to kill the target but did manage to implicate themselves.

The Skripal poisoning is a police crime scene, and they botched it. It's a fool's errand to think they would do any better in a war zone, or to think they wouldn't choose their result for a political reason instead of a just one.

Once the culprits are clear? What is clear is that it is the ISIS folks who have so little regard for the lives of Syrian civilians. And the US diplomatic corps, after all it was Madeleine Albright who thought 500,000 dead Iraqi children was a fair price for ousting Saddam.

73 posted on 04/08/2018 9:47:48 AM PDT by slowhandluke (It's hard to be cynical enough in this age.)
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To: BeadCounter

Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.

Isaiah 17:1


74 posted on 04/08/2018 9:53:39 AM PDT by windowdude
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To: Reno89519
Needs to give Putin 1 hour notice to clear his troops from Syrian bases and fortifications, then simply order a massive wave of airstrikes, cruise missiles, to hit any and all military bases, fortifications, and anything military in that country. Should level the “palace” or whereever Animal Assad is. Declare open hunting season and not stop until they surrender.

...and then ISIS and their ilk fill the vacuum.

Great idea...

75 posted on 04/08/2018 9:54:22 AM PDT by sargon ("If the President doesn't drain the Swamp, the Swamp will drain the President.")
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To: DesertRhino
> The bottom line is that a lot of people here simply enjoy watching the US conduct military action. <

Yep. Same as it ever was. Here's a painting of some picnickers enjoying the First Battle of Bull Run. I wonder how many of them had relatives killed later in the war.


76 posted on 04/08/2018 9:54:27 AM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: sargon

Regarding ISIS, since we have control of the air, drones 24x7, etc., why are their repeated pictures of ISIS parading around with their flags. Seems like when an animal pops its head up, once we see that flag, a few missiles should rain down. It might be a bit of wack-a-mole but how about a little open season on Islamic terrorists?


77 posted on 04/08/2018 9:57:06 AM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!)
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To: slowhandluke; Alberta's Child; silverleaf; proust
Photos from the last "gas attack" in Syria.
78 posted on 04/08/2018 10:00:18 AM PDT by Sontagged (Lord Jesus, please frogmarch Your enemies behind You as You've promised in Your Word)
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To: BeadCounter

The proof is in the pudding and I ain’t buying the pudding


79 posted on 04/08/2018 10:00:43 AM PDT by eartick (Been to the line in the sand and liked it, but ready to go again)
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To: Reno89519
It might be a bit of wack-a-mole but how about a little open season on Islamic terrorists?

ISIS/Daesh/al-Nusra/etc. tend not to wear military uniforms, and they also love to mix in with the civilian population so as to ensure as much collateral damage as possible—and consequent local and international condemnation—when they are attacked...

80 posted on 04/08/2018 10:03:57 AM PDT by sargon ("If the President doesn't drain the Swamp, the Swamp will drain the President.")
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