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Trump announces U.S. military strikes in Syria
Fox News.com ^ | April 13, 2018 | Matt Richardson

Posted on 04/13/2018 7:16:18 PM PDT by Kaslin

President Trump on Friday announced that he has approved military strikes in Syria against the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

The decision follows a suspected chemical gas attack from the Assad regime on a rebel-held town near the Syrian capital last weekend.

The United States launched the response, along with assurance from France and the United Kingdom, Trump stated.

French President Emmanuel Macron said the operation is currently targeting the "clandestine chemical arsenal" in Syria.

"This evening I have authorized British armed forces to conduct coordinated and targeted strikes to degrade the Syrian Regime’s chemical weapons capability and deter their use," British Prime Minister Theresa May said in a statement.

Trump's announcement immediately preceded reports of loud explosions lighting up the sky in Damascus. Syrian TV reported that Syrian air defenses have responded to the U.S.-British-French attack.

Trump said the U.S. is prepared to "sustain" pressure on Assad until he ends what the president called a criminal pattern of killing his own people with internationally banned chemical weapons. It wasn't immediately clear whether Trump meant the allied military operation would extend beyond the initial nighttime round of missile strikes.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Syria
KEYWORDS: braking; iran; justwokeup; nevertrumpertrolls; northkorea; ripliberaltroll; russia; syria; zot; zotzotzot
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To: raiderboy
I was a duped supporter. Now im pissed.

Then contribute somethiing positive. Don't just trash President Trump.

181 posted on 04/14/2018 1:22:09 AM PDT by palmer (...if we do not have strong families and strong values, then we will be weak and we will not survive)
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To: raiderboy
We must regroup around cruz/ paul and go third party

Well, that's a start. Now get going and do it. Don't just whine about it.

182 posted on 04/14/2018 1:23:23 AM PDT by palmer (...if we do not have strong families and strong values, then we will be weak and we will not survive)
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To: zeestephen
And, while you’re thinking, what’s your plan if Putin responds violently?

There are lots of things Putin cares about more than Assad. We share some large common interests with Russia and by extension, Putin. Therefore Putin is not going to start WWIII over this.

183 posted on 04/14/2018 1:28:41 AM PDT by palmer (...if we do not have strong families and strong values, then we will be weak and we will not survive)
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To: zeestephen

Britain, France and Israel have thermonuclear ( “h-bombs”) weapons and are our allies.


184 posted on 04/14/2018 1:29:34 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: wheresmyusa

There is an additional thing that even chlorine drives you out of shelters and then you are getting hit by shrapnel.


185 posted on 04/14/2018 1:30:06 AM PDT by Krosan
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To: The Toll
but you downplay how pissed Trump voters are about this at your own delusion

I am certainly not deluded. Trump saved us from HIllary and we owe him for that forever. Also he is in the process of MAGA which is all that any real Americans care about.

186 posted on 04/14/2018 1:31:22 AM PDT by palmer (...if we do not have strong families and strong values, then we will be weak and we will not survive)
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To: joshua c
the Saudi pipeline war rages on.
Europe wants it.
Russia doesn’t.
The rest is easy to figure out.

If that is the case then Trump will use it as a bargaining chip with the Saudis.

187 posted on 04/14/2018 1:34:28 AM PDT by palmer (...if we do not have strong families and strong values, then we will be weak and we will not survive)
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To: Drago
Last time Mr. Trump did a Syrian missile strike it was $111 million. We are running a deficit you know.

MAGA means economic growth and economic growth means the deficit doesn't matter as much. The real problem is the giant leftist programs that the Dems put in the omnibus, not a little more missile money.

188 posted on 04/14/2018 1:36:55 AM PDT by palmer (...if we do not have strong families and strong values, then we will be weak and we will not survive)
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To: Krosan

I’d rather take a bullet, or be vaporized by a nuke than get gassed.

Maybe it’s just me.

~W


189 posted on 04/14/2018 1:43:06 AM PDT by wheresmyusa (A knight without armor in a savage land...)
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To: palmer; joshua c
"the Saudi pipeline war rages on.
Europe wants it.
Russia doesn’t.
The rest is easy to figure out.
"

In regards to energy,...

Israel’s fortune is Putin’s horror
https://nypost.com/2014/02/09/israels-fortune-is-putins-horror/


190 posted on 04/14/2018 2:08:08 AM PDT by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: ApplegateRanch

The OPCW investigative mission has been to arrive in Syria on Saturday. The missile attack happened Friday night. Asked how the [UK] prime minister would address MPs’ concerns when she returns to Parliament on Monday, [The British defense secretary] Mr. Williamson said: “The speed in which we’re acting is essential [...]”. Coincidence? ‘Highly unlikely’.


191 posted on 04/14/2018 2:16:07 AM PDT by Freelance Warrior (A Russian.)
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To: familyop

....”In regards to energy,...Israel’s fortune is Putin’s horror”.....

Could be ‘the hook’ that brings Russia down to Israel.


192 posted on 04/14/2018 2:19:57 AM PDT by caww
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To: CrimsonTidegirl

Genocide? Hyperbole much?


193 posted on 04/14/2018 2:54:26 AM PDT by Natufian (t)
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To: JohnBrowdie

Putin’s burning a lot of profiles in his efforts tonite.


194 posted on 04/14/2018 3:03:22 AM PDT by Natufian (t)
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To: wheresmyusa

Oh, I wasn’t disagreeing. I think this is what the people did. Assad dropped the chlorine gas first and followed it up with his barrel bombs - oil barrels filled with explosives and scrap metal. Now these are largely ineffective if people had time to prepare and dig holes where they can take cover, but the gas drove the people out of these holes.


195 posted on 04/14/2018 3:08:02 AM PDT by Krosan
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To: Natufian

Putin: ‘Vladimir Putin: “Communist ideology is very similar to Christianity: freedom, brotherhood, equality, justice. All those things are in the Bible. Take The Moral Code Of The Builder Of Communism, for example. This is a projection, a simple extract from the Bible. They didn’t invent anything new. For example, they put Lenin in the Mausoleum. Is that any different from hallows for Orthodox Christians? For any Christian, in fact.”,’ https://www.memri.org/tv/putin-communism-no-different-from-christianity


196 posted on 04/14/2018 3:19:43 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: JohnBrowdie
.. no one reads the threads anymore before they start lobbing in grenades

Just skimming this [entertaining :-] thread with morning coffee.
Your remark reminded me tangentially of this one, with Laura as the tossee.

             

L O L !

197 posted on 04/14/2018 3:52:46 AM PDT by tomkat
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To: zeestephen
If the USA responded violently to Putin's violent response, three nuclear powers - China, North Korea, Iran - would instantly align with Russia, and Hezbollah would threaten to attack Israel with thousands of missiles.

Three nuclear powers - China, North Korea, Iran - are already aligned with Russia, and Hezbollah threatens to attack Israel with thousands of missiles virtually every day, and has for years.

198 posted on 04/14/2018 4:11:46 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: EliRoom8

I answered the question.. power went out for an hour here and could not post anything.

Laura said we are in debt and do not need to spend money we do not have on these strikes. she came down hard on Sebastian Gorka, twice.... she treated him worse than any lib she has on her show.. she was out of line and pompous about it.


199 posted on 04/14/2018 4:19:56 AM PDT by frnewsjunkie
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To: frnewsjunkie
>>Laura said we are in debt and do not need to spend money we do not have on these strikes. she came down hard on Sebastian Gorka, twice.... she treated him worse than any lib she has on her show.. she was out of line and pompous about it.<<

Thanks for the background info. It's good to know. She seemed to be behaving with the three defending the strike after Gorka's appearance. (I didn't see Gorka's interview.)
200 posted on 04/14/2018 4:26:17 AM PDT by EliRoom8
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