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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: wheresmyusa

I completely agree. Back in the 90’s, the stated US policy was that the triad of nuclear/bio/chem (NBC) weapons being used would draw an automatic US response. I’m not sure when that policy changed, but it’s good to see that it’s back in force.


201 posted on 04/14/2018 4:59:43 AM PDT by Conservative_caterer (Support Donald Trump! The Republic needs you!)
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To: Kaslin

It’s going to be a big beautiful quagmire!


202 posted on 04/14/2018 5:03:31 AM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: JohnBrowdie

What is not discernible? I don’t believe he used chemical weapons. What did he have to gain from it? He has won the war. He knows there would be a response. It makes no sense.

The action based on “he is a bad guy” is the argument that has no logic.


203 posted on 04/14/2018 5:15:59 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: raiderboy
Piss on your own cereal - what do you know that the President doesn't????

Bunch of back seat drivers that have only their imaginations to go with but they do be some fertile (lots of manure involved) imaginations....

204 posted on 04/14/2018 5:33:44 AM PDT by trebb (I stopped picking on the mentally ill hypocrites who pose as conservatives...mostly ;-})
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To: Shortstop7

He was upset about the attack and went Full Trump Derrangement Syndrome


205 posted on 04/14/2018 5:54:54 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (Q is Admiral Michael S. Rogers)
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To: manc

Notice the noobie was never a Trump supporter


206 posted on 04/14/2018 5:55:03 AM PDT by Kaslin (Politicians are not born; they are excreted -Civilibus nati sunt; sunt excernitur. (Cicero)
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To: MarvinStinson

What are we doing about Erdogan’s attempts at genocide of Kurds in Syria? Zip, zilch, nada. We USED them to tout that “we” were going after ISIS in Syria (they did all the hard work and took 99.9999999999% of the losses) and now we will treat them as dispensable to our interests. Syria will be divided up by Russia, Iran and Turkey, before Iran and Russia finish using it as a staging ground to attack Israel.


207 posted on 04/14/2018 6:04:11 AM PDT by Wuli
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To: EliRoom8

Gorka disagreed with the lib’s comments ... they were anti
Trump and Laura lets them do that to our President... “fair and balanced” I don’t appreciate. She called Gorka out and told him to let the other guy talk... lie, in other words. Gorka had a hard time with what he was saying. He took issue with Laura laughing about something Gorka thought was serious and laura told him to not take that attitude with her... and not in a kindly way. I wonder if Gorka will refuse to be on her show after the treatment he got.. much worse than the lib got.


208 posted on 04/14/2018 6:05:18 AM PDT by frnewsjunkie
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To: EliRoom8

Laura also went over all the countries where things were happening and Trump chose to do it in Syria. She didn’t approve of the strikes.. that was pretty clear.

Someone said she has a foul mouth when she wants to use it off air.. i didn’t hear her, but it was said she went off when her sponsors were leaving her.


209 posted on 04/14/2018 6:08:04 AM PDT by frnewsjunkie
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To: aMorePerfectUnion; All
Remember this?

US President Barack Obama in 'red line' warning to Syria over chemical weapons

If that arrogant pos former occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave had done his job, instead of issuing an empty talk President Trump would not had to order the missile attack

210 posted on 04/14/2018 6:10:36 AM PDT by Kaslin (Politicians are not born; they are excreted -Civilibus nati sunt; sunt excernitur. (Cicero)
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To: raiderboy

IATZ

Good riddance.


211 posted on 04/14/2018 6:21:51 AM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith..)
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To: EliRoom8

Here’s her show.. she got real testy at the 43 mark on the video. Gorka was not letting her sell yesterday out. but anytime a host puts on an ‘obama condescending” attitude, toward a good guy... the show loses it’s importance.

https://youtu.be/wgdYipzGbxk

Ingraham Angle 4/13/18
The attitude starts about 25 and go to about 44


212 posted on 04/14/2018 6:27:31 AM PDT by frnewsjunkie
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To: frnewsjunkie

Thanks very much for the link. Laura was a whining adolescent surrounded by grown ups. What an idiot.


213 posted on 04/14/2018 7:00:20 AM PDT by EliRoom8
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To: Bikkuri

Chuck Schumer: US strikes on Syria ‘appropriate’

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/chuck-schumer-us-strikes-on-syria-appropriate


214 posted on 04/14/2018 7:04:18 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
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To: moonhawk

Is this fake?

Chuck Schumer: US strikes on Syria ‘appropriate’

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/chuck-schumer-us-strikes-on-syria-appropriate


215 posted on 04/14/2018 7:05:37 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
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To: eyedigress

You are in good company, huh?

Chuck Schumer: US strikes on Syria ‘appropriate’

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/chuck-schumer-us-strikes-on-syria-appropriate


216 posted on 04/14/2018 7:07:06 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
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To: Kaslin

yep just a troll playing conservatives against each other


217 posted on 04/14/2018 7:11:01 AM PDT by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
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To: familyop; Delta 21
i always miss all the fun
218 posted on 04/14/2018 7:37:47 AM PDT by Chode (You have all of the resources you are going to have. Abandon your illusions and plan accordingly.)
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To: Vermont Lt

You realize that you just said;

of course he did not use WMD because he knew there would be a response, which just happened, because he used WMD.

then you said something about lack of logic.


219 posted on 04/14/2018 7:42:26 AM PDT by JohnBrowdie
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To: wheresmyusa
Even with weak CS it’s like breathing sand particles on fire. You’d eat a bullet easily if nobody let you out of the box.

I was exposed to CS in training. I would certainly agree with your statement. I felt like I wanted to go through a wall, just to get away from that stuff.

220 posted on 04/14/2018 8:05:14 AM PDT by Mark17 (Genesis chapter 1 verse 1. In the beginning GOD....And the rest, as they say, is HIS-story)
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