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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And who would have thought that some Free Republic posters would support Assad and the use of chemical weapons on babies? You are right. Bizarro world!
Those who don’t get behind Trump had better stay quiet. Those who don’t do either should be subject to arrest for sedition.
“Russia _ucked up by allowing the usage of chemical agents.”
Yes they did- or at the least were negligent.
That’s why they had to cooperate with us.
Russia provides air defense for Assad, only they didn’t tonight!>>> why does a guy who is finally winning a civil war with possibly two major super powers on your side, send such a sarin gas bomb on civilians? for which there is no evidence.
Russia _ucked up by allowing the usage of chemical agent
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I am not convinced the Syrian government had anything to do with it. They were winning big-time. Why take the risk of getting the USA involved? For 80 people they could have easily taken out with conventional weapons?
I am not buying into the Syrians using chemical weapons.
Russia _ucked up by allowing the usage of chemical agents.>> here is a video of a report from al jezeera on people hit buy sarin gas.
https://twitter.com/k2reme/media sorry it is twitter but it is an easy upload.
We are at War when War has been declared...and that means Congressional involvement.
Did we declare war against Libya?
One thing I can prove: tonight MSNBC, McCain, Hillary, Bill Krystol, neocons like Mattis and McMaster, and the Sunni rebels are all thrilled about this.
Maybe they will be his new support base.>>> maybe but for this not me. dumb.
https://twitter.com/k2reme/media
Ahhh... so who exactly is the enemy? Is it Assad who, while a dictator, does protect and defend Christian and other religious minorities in Syria? Or is it the Islamist “rebels” who Obama, Hillary and McCain have armed & abetted? These Islamists were the ones cheering Trump’s bombings tonight.
Do you believe we owe absolute obedience to our leader...whether he’s right or wrong?
I’m sure you have read the classified material that prompted these actions. You should have become the President or the person in charge tonight. With all the fake news going around, when the main stream media scream and disapproved of this then it means it was based on real intelligence not fake news.
And the Democrat Party are ecstatic. As is ISIS. The Christians and Jews are nervous, but who cares about them?
Maybe there will be some damage photos posted. Buildings should be gone though.
Right. Iraq (WMDs) and Benghazi (video) say hi.
“there is zero proof that there was any chemicals dropped by Syrian army planes.”
If ISIS is running around Syria using chemicals weapons then Assad and the Russians have failed miserably and deserve to get Tomahawked.
Why the hell haven’t they wiped out ISIS from Syria yet? Tomahawks falling on their head are a good incentive to do it fast.
This seems to have been written before the attacks but other than an apparently wrong guess about what Trump would do, I think the reasoning is better than that of anyone else out there, excepting maybe Trump. Trump knows.
Ahh...Momma said that assumption is the mother of all f@ckups. Maybe your Momma should have taught you that also. I’m certainly not convinced that Assad committed any gas attack. Why the hell would he when things are going so well for him lately?
But feel free to continue mindlessly believing everything you’re told.
Hillary Clinton and her boss Obama are two of the biggest reasons Syria and the mid-east are in such a mess today.
60 is a lot of cruise missiles. They must have wiped out the place.
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