Trump Orders Strikes on Syria Over Suspected Chemical Weapons Attack

[OriZ 3,157]

And so it begins...

 

WASHINGTON — The United States and European allies launched strikes against Syrian targets, President Trump announced on Friday, seeking to punish President Bashar al-Assad for a suspected chemical attack near Damascus last weekend that killed more than 40 people.

Mr. Trump said Britain and France had joined the United States in the strikes, which he said were underway.

“These are not the actions of a man. They are crimes of a monster instead,” Mr. Trump, in a televised nighttime address from the White House Diplomatic Room, said of the chemical attacks that he blamed on Mr. Assad.

He said the allied strikes of precision weapons sought to deter the production, spread and use of chemical weapons as “a vital national security interest of the United States.”

“We are prepared to sustain this response until the Syrian regime stops its use of prohibited chemical agents,” Mr. Trump said.

 

The strikes risked pulling the United States deeper into the complex, multi-sided war in Syria from which Mr. Trump only last week said he wanted to withdraw. They also raised the possibility of confrontation with Russia and Iran, both of which have military forces in Syria to support Mr. Assad.

In London, Prime Minister Theresa May of Britain said the allied strikes on the Syrian government’s chemical weapons capability aimed not only to protect innocent civilians, but also to prevent such attacks from becoming an international norm.

“We have sought to use every possible diplomatic channel to achieve this,” Mrs. May said in a statement.

In choosing to strike, it appeared that Mr. Trump’s desire to punish Mr. Assad for what he called a “barbaric act” — and make good on his tweets promising action this week — outweighed his desire to limit the United States’ military involvement in the conflict, at least in the short term.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/13/world/middleeast/trump-strikes-syria-attack.html

Edited April 14, 2018 by OriZ

[JimandChristy 1,689]

Desert Stormy!

[OriZ 3,157]

Meh, doesn't appear to even be lightening.

[X Factor 1,112]

Good thing the markets are closed or there would have been large movements

[Póg mo 1,749]

Trump the dictator, until it's time to bomb some country, and suddenly crickets. What a joke. Head choppers will now feel emboldened to use chemical weapons, so Trump and his coalition can come to their rescue.  

[charmander 692]

 

[jg121783 3,920]

I am appalled by this. I cannot defend Trump on this one.

[yuna628 9,688]

Good thing he told everyone in advance so they could just hide out in Russian bases.......

[jg121783 3,920]

I guess we can put the Russia collusion narrative to rest now. If Trump was working for Russia he wouldn't attacking them right now in Syria.

[Amica Nostra 4,803]

5 hours ago, charmander said:

 

thats like my project status reports to the boss, 95% done for three years now

[Dashinka 24,653]

7 hours ago, Póg mo said:

Trump the dictator, until it's time to bomb some country, and suddenly crickets. What a joke. Head choppers will now feel emboldened to use chemical weapons, so Trump and his coalition can come to their rescue.  

Wait,I thought Trump was Putin’s puppet?  Now he is a dictator?  Is that in the same mold as Obama?

[Póg mo 1,749]

1 hour ago, Bill & Katya said:

Wait,I thought Trump was Putin’s puppet?  Now he is a dictator?  Is that in the same mold as Obama?

Yeah, I was directing that particular comment at the media, who despite their differences with Trump, are predictably happy to support his Syrian bombing campaign.

[OriZ 3,157]

7 hours ago, jg121783 said:

I am appalled by this. I cannot defend Trump on this one.

Not attacking would have made him Obama 2.0 and shown Russia, Iran and Syria that they can do whatever they want with no consequences, as well as other countries that would have taken cue from it. I think this was the right move - but talking before it was not.

[Póg mo 1,749]

36 minutes ago, OriZ said:

Not attacking would have made him Obama 2.0 and shown Russia, Iran and Syria that they can do whatever they want with no consequences, as well as other countries that would have taken cue from it. I think this was the right move - but talking before it was not.

It's pretty obvious that you want the US to do Israel's and Saudi's dirty work. Talk about weird bedfellows. 

[OriZ 3,157]

8 minutes ago, Póg mo said:

It's pretty obvious that you want the US to do Israel's and Saudi's dirty work. Talk about weird bedfellows. 

It's pretty obvious you have no clue what you're talking about. Israel doesn't need anyone to do its dirty work, it has attacked in Syria way more times than the US ever had or will(and in fact, had that been the IAF attacking the other day with the Syrians batteries getting engaged like they did, the IAF would have taken these batteries out like it did just a couple of months ago..what happened yesterday was severely lacking imo). It has nothing to do with the right response in this case. Israel can take care of itself just fine.

Edited April 15, 2018 by OriZ