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'Mission Accomplished' in Syria, Trump declares on Twitter
AP ^ | 4-14-18 | ROBERT BURNS, JILL COLVIN and ZEKE MILLER

Posted on 04/14/2018 8:25:14 AM PDT by TaxPayer2000

Edited on 04/14/2018 8:58:53 AM PDT by Sidebar Moderator. [history]

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Syria
KEYWORDS: cia; dia; fbi; russiantrolls; syria
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To: Col Frank Slade

Exactly. He needs a big big banner to put in front of a battleship.
Liberals heads explode on demand.


41 posted on 04/14/2018 9:46:23 AM PDT by freedomlover
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To: snarkpup

And Russia deserves a good slap in the face for the chemical poisoning they have been doing in London on individuals (just recently a former Russian spy and his daughter). Putin, if he had any sense, would be trying to ally his country with the U.S. instead of the rag bag countries, and anti Jew entities. And If he thinks allying himself with China is a good move, he’s nutz. China will swallow Russia up some day...may make them burp a little, but it will happen. China also has designs on the U.S. I saw a Chinese General on TV say they could wipe everything and everyone out in the U.S. with their chemical weapons, which would dissipate in a few months, and then use this country to raise their cattle. That is their mindset.


42 posted on 04/14/2018 9:47:55 AM PDT by kiltie65
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To: MarvinStinson

The mission to take out a chemical weapons manufacturing facility in Homs, etc.


43 posted on 04/14/2018 9:58:59 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: TaxPayer2000

44 posted on 04/14/2018 10:01:20 AM PDT by Bobalu (12 diet Cokes and a fried chicken...)
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To: Seruzawa

The mission was to destroy the chemical weapons manufacturing facility in Homs and hit storage areas, etc.

Not really that hard to figure out.


45 posted on 04/14/2018 10:02:07 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: dfwgator

I am in complete agreement with your observation.

The sooner Turkey leaves NATO the better.


46 posted on 04/14/2018 10:04:24 AM PDT by Maine Mariner
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To: relee
So who's the 29-year-old FNC host who was just on, all but calling Mattis and DJT "subservient" to Russia?

I had to double-check that I hadn't accidentally landed on CNN.

47 posted on 04/14/2018 10:05:07 AM PDT by daler
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To: Pravious
What the hell is YOUR problem?

MY PROBELEM: Small-minded harpies who accuse sincere people of being Russian trolls, 5th columnists and never Trumpers just because they don't shut up and go along when they smell obvious BS.

48 posted on 04/14/2018 10:12:37 AM PDT by AAABEST
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To: Drew68

Note that Trump said all of that before he had access to any military intelligence.
People aren’t obligated to hold perpetually onto old views formed by a shortage of information, as if new information doesn’t matter; since then he has become better informed and his opinions have changed accordingly.
It’s called learning.


49 posted on 04/14/2018 10:14:26 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: TaxPayer2000

But O and Lurch both swore Russia had taken custody of all Syria’s chemical weapons. Did they lie, or were they lied to? My world is shattered./s


50 posted on 04/14/2018 10:15:04 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: TaxPayer2000

At least he wasn’t wearing a dumb costume.


51 posted on 04/14/2018 10:16:51 AM PDT by Yaelle
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To: Col Frank Slade

Because MISSION ACCOMPLISHED is so stupid, when compared to a RESET BUTTON.


52 posted on 04/14/2018 10:20:46 AM PDT by freedomlover
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To: Col Frank Slade
How to taunt the Left..

And a lot of "know it all" FReepers.....they seem to be doubling down on stupid now that they are being proved to have maybe jumped the shark a few times....

53 posted on 04/14/2018 10:33:22 AM PDT by trebb (I stopped picking on the mentally ill hypocrites who pose as conservatives...mostly ;-})
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To: AAABEST

MY PROBELEM: Small-minded harpies who accuse sincere people of being Russian trolls, 5th columnists and never Trumpers just because they don’t shut up and go along when they smell obvious BS.

You also don’t know how to spell “problem” or be polite to fellow board members.


54 posted on 04/14/2018 10:41:34 AM PDT by Pravious
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To: Williams
Big deal it was accomplished, just as the ship’s mission under Bush was accomplished.

I think that's the whole point. Nobody wants actual war or victory anymore except abosolutist groups like ISIA. Trump campaigned to defeat ISIS. While he certainly stepped up the fight against ISIS with better rules of engagement, there's not much hope for a permanent victory. We have tlo be satisfied with symbols these days.

55 posted on 04/14/2018 12:04:05 PM 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: steel_resolve

Yes, Trump should shut up, get off Twitter and allow the fake news media to shape the narrative about his administration.

Thank you Mr President, for directly speaking to the People again and not allowing the corrupt media to decide what I should think !


56 posted on 04/14/2018 12:16:35 PM PDT by WashingtonFire (President Trump - it's like having your dad as President)
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To: WashingtonFire

Excuse me, but I never said get off Twitter. I merely said let this play out before he tweets his mouth off with mission accomplished a la George Bush. The media will happily twist those words as they did with bush. Oh and one more thing: I suggest thinking for yourself rather than let anyone tell you what to think, trump or otherwise.


57 posted on 04/14/2018 12:35:03 PM PDT by steel_resolve (And an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm)
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To: TaxPayer2000

Very impressive op, 13 tankers on station and a Bombardier all the way from Kabul.

I do have a problem with a correspondent, Joe R. Tabet, ratting out the mission about 30 minutes before the first strike and before Trump’s announcement:

https://twitter.com/JoeRTabet/status/984953458485809152

What does it take to stop these leaks?


58 posted on 04/14/2018 12:49:23 PM PDT by gandalftb
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To: steel_resolve

Leave me I’m thinking for myself and I think you should be polite to our president.


59 posted on 04/14/2018 12:51:37 PM PDT by Williams (Stop tolerating the intolerant.)
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To: Seruzawa

That’s not the mission. The military did what they were told and took no casualties, hit all targets. Literally the definition of mission accomplished. I am disappointed in the action bit at least it sets a clear picture of when the U.S will act. That is how you establish a red line. In the end this is a safe way to do things because it’s been well defined between the two actions


60 posted on 04/14/2018 12:58:52 PM PDT by wiseprince
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