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Trump: US, France and UK launch strikes on Syria

By Kevin Liptak and Zachary Cohen, CNN
 
Updated 9:37 PM ET, Fri April 13, 2013
 
Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump announced on Friday he ordered strikes on the Syrian regime in response to a chemical weapons attack last weekend.
"I ordered the United States armed forces to launch precision strikes on targets associated with the chemical weapon capabilities of Syrian dictator of Bashar al-Assad," Trump said from the White House Diplomatic Reception Room.US aircraft and ships were used in the attack, according to multiple US defense officials.Trump said the strikes were in coordination with France and the United Kingdom, adding that the purpose of the campaign is to "establish a strong deterrent against the production, spread and use of chemical weapons.""The combined American, British and French response to these atrocities will integrate all instruments of our national power: military, economic and diplomatic," Trump said.UK Prime Minister Theresa May said in a statement that she "authorized British armed forces to conduct co-ordinated and targeted strikes to degrade the Syrian Regime's chemical weapons capability and deter their use."Trump indicated the strikes would continue until the Syrian regime's use of chemical weapons ends. Full Article Here:
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    • April 14, 2018
    UK joins Syria air strikes in response to chemical attack
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    The UK has begun air strikes against Syrian chemical weapons sites.
    Prime Minister Theresa May said there was "no practicable alternative to the use of force" to deter the use of chemical weapons by the Syrian regime.
    She added that the strikes were not about "regime change".
    The strikes, in collaboration with the US and France, are in response to an alleged chemical attack on the Syrian town of Douma last week.
    Several large explosions have been heard in the Syrian capital Damascus.
    In a statement Mrs May said that the Syrian regime had demonstrated a "persistent pattern of behaviour" when it came to the use of chemical weapons, that "must be stopped".
    "We have sought to use every possible diplomatic channel to achieve this," the prime minister said.
    "This is not about intervening in a civil war. It is not about regime change.
    "It is about a limited and targeted strike that does not further escalate tensions in the region and that does everything possible to prevent civilian casualties."
     
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    • April 14, 2018
    Surprise, surprise. One thing I've learned in my many years alive.
     
    GOP in power = War (What is it good for? Absolutely NOTHING. Say it again...)
     
    So much for being 'Pro life'.
     
     
    It's certainly a nice distraction (snark) from the utter disarray, incompetency, and corruption going on in the White House.
     
    The blue wave is going to be a tsunami and it can't happen soon enough. Let's hope we're not involved in WW III by then.
     
     
    Edit: OMG, I just read that Trump tweeted "Mission Accomplished!"   ?
     
    "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
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    Well, I just can't see Trump on an apology tour like we had previous. Military runs in my veins, so you probably know my stance on the air strike. ;)
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    Just to be clear, Dave. I have absolutely nothing against the military or any of the brave men and women who serve or have served. There are many in my family, including my father, sister, uncles and cousins, who have severed or are serving.

    It's when they are used as political pawns in proxy wars, at times for mere financial gain, that I have a problem. Hopefully, this is just a one-off, as General Mattis has stated, and not a harbinger of things to come, or the 'sustained response' Trump spoke of in his statements. I just feel that the region is destabilized enough as it is.
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    I am very much with you on this, Jon.
     
    If this is indeed a one-off to try to draw a line in the sand re. these genocidal manics who would employ a WMD, then fine....they have to be told/warned that decent people will not tolerate this sort of behaviour.
     
    But I worry that the idiot megalomaniac in the White House has such an inflated opinion of himself that he will employ the same tactic where & when it is inappropriate.:@
     
    One can only hope. :( for all our sakes that he can be gotten rid of before another opportunity presents itself.
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    • April 16, 2018
    Just to put a spanner in the works: http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2018-04-13/article/46633?headline=SMITHEREENS-Reflections-on-Bits-Pieces--By-Gar-Smith (page down to "Why You Can’t Base US Foreign Policy on a YouTube Video").
     
    This article, by the US News Website The Berkeley Daily Planet, presents the argument that the chemical attack on Douma was actually a "false flag" incident. Note particularly the first video (on which they base their argument—very interesting and well worth watching), and note that their interpretation is supported by a news story from none other than—wait for it—Fox News! (last video in the article)
     
    And do you remember last year’s chemical attack by Assad against his people in Khan Shaykhun, to which Trump retaliated with a missile attack against a Syrian airbase?
     
    Well, the same article points out that, at the time, the following notables were unconvinced back then that the Assad regime was responsible:
    1. General Mattis, current US Defence Secretary
    2. Hans Blix, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency 1981-1997 (who, incidentally, was one of the few that was unconvinced by G.W. Bush’s and Blair’s argument of the existence of WMDs in Iraq under Saddam Hussein)
    3. leading chemical weapons expert Dr Theodore Postol from the M.I.T. (see this report)
    4. former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter
    5. former Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX)
     Also, of the above people, at least General Mattis (apparently, reportedly so :S: https://muraselon.com/en/2018/04/pentagon-chlorine-sarin-douma-mattis/ ) and Ron Paul ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8Udgh_aECE ) are not convinced this time round either.
     
    I’m not saying I necessarily agree with this article, but it is certainly an interesting alternative point of view to read and to consider.
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    Having had a quick look at his website, I regret somewhat adding Ron Paul's name to the above post. Living the other side of the Atlantic, I didn't know quite how whacky some of his views are.
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    I totally agree, it's about time somebody has the guts to do something and not bow down to our enemies and critics!!!
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    The trouble with someone that continually cries 'Wolf' is that we eventually stop believing them. So the day they genuinely cry 'Wolf', that cry is unheeded. Generally, I disbelieve everything the Russian disinformation campaign churns out and have done so for a long time, but regarding Western accusations regarding various chemical bombings by the Syrian government, I remain as yet unconvinced.
     
    My fear is that it may prove to be the same as it was with Saddam Hussein's regime. Generally everything that regime said was unbelievable. Partly as a result of that, many of us trusted the Western intelligence reports (and the British and US politicians) about Iraqi Weapons of Mass Destruction. And we were wrong. I fear that the same thing is happening today with alleged Syrian chemical attacks against its people and Russia's (and Syria's) denial of this.
     
    http://www.newsweek.com/now-mattis-admits-there-was-no-evidence-assad-using-poison-gas-his-people-801542

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