Posted on 04/06/2017 6:18:08 PM PDT by navysealdad
The United States launched dozens of cruise missiles Thursday night at a Syrian airfield in response to what it believes was the Syrian government's use of banned chemical weapons blamed for having killed at least 100 people on Tuesday, U.S. military officials told NBC News.
The U.S. military fired at least 50 Tomahawk missiles intended for a single target — Ash Sha'irat in Homs province in western Syria, the officials said.
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Do you really think they would take an action like this lightly? I’m sure they’ve given it some serious thought.
while some will be whining, America will again be WINNING!
Agree. Message effectively sent to norks and mullahs. Lots of sniveling whiners on this thread - surprising to me.
I think that 7 + years of failed Obama diplomatic policy has emboldened Assad, Russia and Iran. I think that a measured response to yet another chemical attack on civilians is reasonable.
I think Trump doing this while Xi is visiting is priceless.
I think some here on this thread are on the wrong forum. Not necessarily you Holly. But some.
What thought? Who cares? Not our business. No matter what.
Damn... I should have kept my Raytheon stock.
You might have missed it, but our spy agencies as well as CNN and the rest of those propagandist are corrupt to the bone and should not be trusted. With the spy agencies they're undergoing steam cleaning before they get an acid bath. But we're not sparkly clean. Much of the MSM are beyond salvage and they'll eventually be replaced by legitimate news agencies.
If the US teams with Russia....which might make sense....they're nail ISIS.
How can we team with Russia if our stated aim is to remove Assad?
Agree.
Go back to the debates and read what Trump said about Syria and Hitlery.
Someone here posted it already.
Trump’s Syria flip this week, the false flag chemical BS, and now 50! Tomahawks.
Insane. Lies. Treachery.
His presidency is over - two months in.
We are going to team up with Russia to bomb ourselves? We just joined ISIS.
“We have no idea what Trump or Tillerson know...what ANY of the intel is on this.”
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I agree, Jane.
If we’re going to bomb, I hope we actually bombed something and not an empty airfield.
Sure, blow up a lot of asphalt and spend 50 million dollars to make...what point exactly? What’s the strategy?
And if Assad is deposed, then...is ISIS in charge?? So many questions...
Good speech, Mr. President.
Right to the point.
Years in advance. There has to be a reason Trump is still alive. Hopefully not much more than this.
I sure hope their intelligence was pristine. Just don’t expect any thanks. That rarely happens.
I wish there was ONE thread about this and not so many I don’t know where to read or post. I’m about ready to leave FR to look elsewhere because there is no organization on threads to see the smartest comments all together.
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