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Airspace Over Syria Cleared for Attack
thesun.co.uk ^ | April 11, 2018

Posted on 04/11/2018 5:11:06 PM PDT by Helicondelta

A HEAVY flight of US-led coalition warplanes have reportedly been seen flying over the Iraqi border as a nerve gas counter attack looms.

Flight data shows planes being diverted from Syrian airspace as a 48 hour clearance was reportedly ordered by the US military


(Excerpt) Read more at thesun.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: attack; deepstate; fakenews; gasattack; mic; neocon; nerveagent; omg; syria; syriawar; trumpsyriawar
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To: Helicondelta

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121 posted on 04/11/2018 10:35:28 PM PDT by Califreak (Take Me Back To Constantinople)
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To: DesertRhino

So, going back to Mao Tse Dung, Ho Chi Min, Fidel Castro and others, we always court/create monsters then we wind up trying to take them down?


122 posted on 04/11/2018 10:47:39 PM PDT by Netz ( and looking for a way ti IMPROVE mankind.)
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To: Reno89519

So who is going to replace Assad?


123 posted on 04/11/2018 10:51:22 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: mrsmith

Obama wanted to topple Assad. Trump just wants to keep him weak.

This has nothing to do with China and the Mid East. It’s about access to the Mediterranean Sea (ie. access to Europe).

Europe has already been infiltrated by an army of muslim refugees from Syria. Not an accident.

The prize for Russia and Iran is Europe, not the middle east. The only value that Syria has to offer is the strategic location to strike Europe. It offers nothing else.


124 posted on 04/11/2018 10:51:32 PM PDT by Helicondelta (Deplorable)
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To: Netz

Assad is just a figurehead at this point. If he is taken out nothing will change.


125 posted on 04/11/2018 10:53:49 PM PDT by Helicondelta (Deplorable)
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To: dfwgator

I really don’t care. That’s really not something we can dictate though I suspect we won’t like the choice but I don’t see how the international community avoids that, nor us, short of occupation. What we can do is make clear that the stick is ready to strike again if they are not good member of the international community.


126 posted on 04/11/2018 11:00:07 PM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!)
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To: Reno89519

What “International Community”?


127 posted on 04/11/2018 11:15:55 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator

I would say the one that matters—US, Canada, UK, France, and Germany as starters. NATO. Also, Australia and Japan. Anyway, those nations that share our basic values, especially as regards to use of chemical weapons.


128 posted on 04/11/2018 11:22:37 PM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!)
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To: onona
The coalition jets have been heavily hovering over the al-Tanf region on the border between Iraq and Syria

"heavily hovering", eh? (What the heck does that even mean?)

129 posted on 04/11/2018 11:43:17 PM PDT by Paul R.
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To: Reno89519

Eh, I should restate that last:

To defuse this, what if Assad points the finger at & executes some “rogue general” (assuming we have no intel actually tying Assad directly to the gas attack)?


130 posted on 04/11/2018 11:52:27 PM PDT by Paul R.
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To: Eleutheria5
Why can’t a quick surgical strike like the one Trump did last gas attack be done again?

It can, but, it would seem the last strike was not sufficiently convincing. Plus Russia has upgraded and added to the anti-missile defenses significantly. It would seem that stronger "convincing" is needed.

131 posted on 04/12/2018 12:06:48 AM PDT by Paul R.
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To: Paul R.

As good a reason as any to start WW III, I suppose.


132 posted on 04/12/2018 12:19:49 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: Netz; Helicondelta
This is not our war BUT...isolationism, pre-1941 taught us that eventually, trouble comes to our shores, (see 11 September 2001) like it or not.

...and December 11th, 1941. I've used this quote here many times:

"Sometimes War finds you"...

...and may have invented a useful phrase.

133 posted on 04/12/2018 12:29:18 AM PDT by Does so (Let's make the word Mohammedism--adding it to other ISMs...)
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To: Drew68

I’ll bet this is the work of The Magic Negro and his prison camp hero McToomah.


134 posted on 04/12/2018 12:37:44 AM PDT by Delta 21 (Build The Wall !! Jail The Cankle !!)
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To: Paul R.

He can kill all his generals and we should still carry out our attacks.


135 posted on 04/12/2018 12:39:06 AM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!)
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To: linear

Kinda hope it means we are gonna do nothing.


136 posted on 04/12/2018 12:39:31 AM PDT by Delta 21 (Build The Wall !! Jail The Cankle !!)
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To: Reno89519
Wrong side? You prefer we side with Assad and Putin and Iran??? Wow.

Over al Qaeda? You bet.

137 posted on 04/12/2018 12:42:06 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: Drew68

It is reported that al Qaeda is already defeated, now time to turn our attention to Assad and Iran. If al Qaeda rears its head, whatever is left of them, kill them as well.


138 posted on 04/12/2018 12:43:58 AM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!)
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To: Helicondelta

Even though Mattis admitted that the US govt doesn’t know who perpetrated the chemical attack? What the hell is going on???


139 posted on 04/12/2018 1:37:42 AM PDT by Crucial
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To: Helicondelta

BBC Monitoring
3 hours ago

#Syria is moving warplanes, weapons and ammunition to air bases where Russian troops are stationed over fears of a US strike, according to media reports.


140 posted on 04/12/2018 3:12:34 AM PDT by McGruff (We are watching a coup attempt. In our own country.)
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