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Originally posted by 220-9er:
When this was happening there should have been one more targeting his living quarters. Doesn't really matter if he is there or not.

That would really send a message.

There is only one thing Assad, Lil Kim or the Mullahs really care about, that's their own personal safety. The rest is just a big chess game to them.

Agreed. Should have fired a few at palace/quarters/residence/whatever it's called. Wouldn't matter one bit if he was home or survived, it would make a yuge point.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/14...know-intl/index.html

105 missiles. all reached target

US
66 Tomahawk
19 air to surface missiles

Fr
12 missiles

Br
8 missiles

"None of our aircraft or missiles involved in this operation were successfully engaged by Syrian air defenses"

I don't get the meltdowns by some on the right. He shot rockets at targets that housed and developed chemical weapons. Sending a message doesn't mean we are trying to police the world.

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Originally posted by sdy:
66 Tomahawk

That is roughly $70 million worth of missiles that will have to be replaced.

I suspect Raytheon's stock will get a nice bump.

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Originally posted by sdy:
https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/14...know-intl/index.html

105 missiles. all reached target

US
66 Tomahawk
19 air to surface missiles

Fr
12 missiles

Br
8 missiles

"None of our aircraft or missiles involved in this operation were successfully engaged by Syrian air defenses"

Seems France has stronger leadership than we did with BHO. Redline crossed = duck and cover. Previously it meant nothing.

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A statement released Friday by French President Emmanuel Macron said a "red line set by France in May 2017 has been crossed. So, I ordered the French armed forces to intervene tonight,

Rachel Maddow reports on the Syria missile strikes....well, not exactly reports....more like completely misrepresents the event by running it through her conspiracy-theory mindset that can't accept anything Trump in real-world. In her idiotic attempt to spin this news as a singular purpose by Trump to distract from his domestic problems, thus portraying him and his mission in a very unfavorable light internationally, she never even mentions that it was a coalition strike with France and Britain. Also missing from her diatribe is the real reason for the strikes in the first place. Yet, this was the lead story on MSNBC this morning. A network of fools for fools.


http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-ma...?playlist=associated

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Originally posted by Skins2881:
Seems France has stronger leadership than we did with BHO. Redline crossed = duck and cover. Previously it meant nothing.

quote:

A statement released Friday by French President Emmanuel Macron said a "red line set by France in May 2017 has been crossed. So, I ordered the French armed forces to intervene tonight,

France has been doing their own thing, regardless of who's in the Oval Office. When BHO was sitting there, the French did their own expedition with the assault into Mali and later Chad, Niger & Burkina Faso in '12-'14 to knock-out Islamists. Meanwhile, here in the US, social media dithered about Kony.

this is a good start but the job isn't finished until Assad is dead, along with 99% of his command and control

it ain't over yet

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Originally posted by MikeinNC:

quote:

Originally posted by cyberiad:
I don't think this attack will accomplish anything.

It already has, firstly it telegraphs to the rest of the world that America no longer has a pussy in the White House. Secondly, it shows that Trump will make a decisions and follow through.

I don't like us being the worlds police, but using gas on troops, civilians or other peoples is wrong. And is worthy of being bombed back into the stoneage

There's been a war in Syria for what, 7 or 8 years? I think most of the place already looks like the stone age. As for making anyone think twice about doing anything in the future I doubt it. An unannounced preemptive strike maybe but not one that was talked about for days in advance. Assad can do whatever he wants whenever he wants and this strike won't stop that.

^^^So you think Assad would like some more of this? Is that what you're telling us?

One thing is for sure: Assad won't be using any weapons from those facilities again.

'When you have internal issues, find some external issue for your unhappy citizens to focus on instead.'

Trump has political issues at home.
Marcon has political issues at home.
May has political issues at home.

Putin - sure he does too, curtesy of others.

Oh, Bibi has some very serious political issues at home too - potential jail time even, if the Israeli justice department ever pulls the trigger.

Yup - same old game. When in trouble at home find some patsy on the outside to re-focus things on.

Don't under estimate the Russians and don't over estimate yourself.

The strike wasn't designed to stop Assad from doing anything. Indeed he is allowed to do whatever he pleases. But there will be consequences.

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Originally posted by icom706:
'When you have internal issues, find some external issue for your unhappy citizens to focus on instead.'

Trump has political issues at home.
Marcon has political issues at home.
May has political issues at home.

Putin - sure he does too, curtesy of others.

Oh, Bibi has some very serious political issues at home too - potential jail time even, if the Israeli justice department ever pulls the trigger.

Yup - same old game. When in trouble at home find some patsy on the outside to re-focus things on.

Don't under estimate the Russians and don't over estimate yourself.

Uh huh.

I bet he was expecting this to happen before he launched the chemical weapons attack, and priced it in. He's trying to crack the final internal resistance to his rule, and doing that is probably worth more to him than some minor damage he can easily fix (especially since he was most likely prepared for it.)

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Originally posted by Bigboreshooter:
^^^So you think Assad would like some more of this? Is that what you're telling us?

One thing is for sure: Assad won't be using any weapons from those facilities again.

Fairly minor consequences.

When I think of this, I think of the Al Qaeda Kenya embassy bombings and Clinton's response. What did he do? He lobbed a bunch of Tomahawks at Al Qaeda camps. Did this have any effect? Look at what happened in 2001.

From my standpoint, this whole "sending a message" type attack is utterly worthless. If you have a problem with an enemy, you either have to realize there is nothing you can do about it, or you have to completely defeat them, leaving them no recourse. Attacks like yesterdays are a publicity stunt, nothing more.

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Originally posted by mbinky:
The strike wasn't designed to stop Assad from doing anything. Indeed he is allowed to do whatever he pleases. But there will be consequences.

quote:

Originally posted by icom706:
'When you have internal issues, find some external issue for your unhappy citizens to focus on instead.'

Trump has political issues at home.
Marcon has political issues at home.
May has political issues at home.

Putin - sure he does too, curtesy of others.

Oh, Bibi has some very serious political issues at home too - potential jail time even, if the Israeli justice department ever pulls the trigger.

Yup - same old game. When in trouble at home find some patsy on the outside to re-focus things on.

Don't under estimate the Russians and don't over estimate yourself.

Lol I see someone just got their DNC talking point email. Please, tell us what politician, anywhere, at any time, who did NOT have "political issues at home". Seriously this excuse can be applied to any politician under any circumstances. It is a pathetic excuse.

"President (fill in the blank) has political trouble at home so they decided to (fill in the blank)."

Please.

Assad ... from ophthalmologist to dictator.

So many thoughts spring to mind.

Does destroying the sites in Syria release hazardous chemicals into the environment? This is not a political question, just informational. I know that when the United States destroyed some of its stockpile of mustard gas it did so literally in the middle of the Pacific Ocean on an isolated atoll.

Lot of shakey Jakes here over this. I say let's celebrate that we finally have a President willing to do the right thing and right a wrong. God Bless our President and our military who executed his orders.

quote:

Originally posted by icom706:
'When you have internal issues, find some external issue for your unhappy citizens to focus on instead.'

Trump has political issues at home.
Marcon has political issues at home.
May has political issues at home.

Putin - sure he does too, curtesy of others.

Oh, Bibi has some very serious political issues at home too - potential jail time even, if the Israeli justice department ever pulls the trigger.

Yup - same old game. When in trouble at home find some patsy on the outside to re-focus things on.

Don't under estimate the Russians and don't over estimate yourself.

Just for you:

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Originally posted by Bigboreshooter:

No, we have forum members here who are much wiser and better informed, even though they haven't seen ANY of the intelligence on the matter.

I’m glad you’re clued in and posting here. prick.

Apparently questioning things is verboten.