AFP - #BREAKING Jets carry out strikes from Syria base hit by US: monitor

[herding cats]

Link to tweet

Beirut (AFP) - Two warplanes took off from a central Syrian airbase Friday hours after it was struck by US missiles and carried out bombing raids nearby, a monitoring group said.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the aircraft "took off from inside the Shayrat base, which is partially back in service, and struck targets near Palmyra".

The monitor could not specify whether they were Syrian or Russian planes, or what they had bombed.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/jets-launch-raids-syria-hit-us-monitor-191738343.html

A symbolic middle finger to Trump.

[vlyons]

1. asshole one-upmanship

escalating ourselves into a full fledged war.

[spanone]

2. well, that stopped the syrians.....for a few hours

[herding cats]

6. A minor delay, then back to killing civilians as scheduled.

Let's just hope they don't decide to do another chemical attack anytime soon.

[Idoru]

3. Great job, Donnie

[lpbk2713]

4. Trump brought an $88 Mill knife to a gunfight.

[old guy]

5. Boy, I'm sure tired of winning.

[uponit7771]

7. +1

[WoonTars]

10. +2

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[grantcart]

18. lol

[Initech]

8. And that's how World War III starts.

[BannonsLiver]

14. And we're pretty much fucked if our military can't execute better than they did on Thursday

Course, that's assuming they had authorization to execute in the first place. My guess is wag the dog. Lots of show.

[R B Garr]

9. "A symbolic middle finger to Trump."

Exactly. Very well put.

[herding cats]

11. Thanks.

It applied since his attack was also symbolic.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

12. Remember tRump's failed raid at Yakla that killed an American girl? Now he's Zero for Two. . . nt

[herding cats]

17. Yet this one has been spun as a positive in the media all day.

He's not done wringing more mileage out of it yet.

[iluvtennis]

13. 50-something Tomahawk cruise missiles are deployed with little/no damage....

...my guess is that Putin gave Trump the target coordinates. GAH

[herding cats]

16. This is the official wording from the Pentagon.

Russian forces were notified in advance of the strike using the established deconfliction line. U.S. military planners took precautions to minimize risk to Russian or Syrian personnel located at the airfield.

https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Releases/News-Release-View/Article/1144598/statement-from-pentagon-spokesman-capt-jeff-davis-on-us-strike-in-syria

They had to know who and what was where to implement such I would think, but we'll never know the full story I'm sure.

[iluvtennis]

15. Lousie Mensch comment

Link to tweet

[SunSeeker]

19. Oy.