Posted on 04/06/2017 8:21:11 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
BEIRUT (AP) — The United States fired cruise missiles into central Syria early Friday morning, striking an Assad government-controlled air base where U.S. officials say the Syrian military launched a deadly chemical attack that killed dozens of civilians earlier this week. Syrian state TV called the attack an "aggression" that lead to "losses."
About 60 U.S. Tomahawk missiles hit the Shayrat air base, southeast of Homs, a small installation with two runways, where aircraft often take off to bomb targets in northern and central Syria. The U.S. missiles hit at 3:45 a.m. Friday morning and targeted the base's airstrips, hangars, control tower and ammunition areas, U.S. officials said.
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Assad becomes a victim of fake news.
base was identified as launching point for recent gas attack , multiple facilities were targets of 60 cruise missiles.
There’s a lot of that going around these days.
Russia _ucked up by allowing the usage of chemical agents.
I know of Clinton won she was going to attack Syria. But she looks so much like Trump.
...About 60 U.S. Tomahawk missiles hit the Shayrat air base, southeast of Homs, a small installation with two runways,...
Couldn’t a B-52 with a load of dumb bombs do this.
Notably, the missiles hit on 3:45 am local time, and struck the airstrips, hangars, control tower and ammunition areas, so maybe we were trying to at least minimize casualities somewhat.
if you really believe they did that you’re as naive as the other several hundred people out of his board tonight.
Dear God, I hope this did not happen! The stupid meter just went to retarded if so.
Russia has no control over Assad and Assad has no control over most of his generals. Using chemical weapons was dumb. Dumb people in Syria don’t live long.
don’t you know? It was such an ingenious move that it’s above all the rest of us to understand how ingenious it was.
Bull shit
We could have bombed a milk factory and made the same point.
We could have bombed a milk factory and made the same point.
There’s a major difference between opposition to this airstrike and opposition to President Trump in general.
If this has turned you against him in a general sense, you might be the most naïve of all.
It would be foolish to risk US aircrews when we don’t need to do so. Syria does have fighter aircraft and SAM batteries. A B-52 would be a sitting duck.
I'll side with Trump and NOT YOU.
An sa300 would be able to take out the b52 easily, terrain following NOE cruise missiles, not so much.
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