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(85,996 posts)
Fri Apr 7, 2017, 09:22 PM Apr 2017

Difference between message-sending and actual effect on war-fighting

Jim Sciutto? @jimsciutto
The difference between message-sending and actual effect on war-fighting


Seth Abramson? @SethAbramson
(UPDATE) Reuters confirms Syria has continued launching strikes from the base Trump hit. This was the most ineffectual US strike in decades.

Andrew Beatty? @AndrewBeatty
In other news. AFP sources in Syria report that the base hit by Trump yesterday is already being used again to launch air strikes.

Reuters Top News? @Reuters
JUST IN: Syrian warplanes take off from air base hit by U.S., carry out strikes in Homs countryside - Syrian observatory for human rights

David Corn? @DavidCornDC
I can imagine the reaction from Republicans and the right, if Obama had launched a strike like this & the next day the base was being used.

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bigtree

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Fri Apr 7, 2017, 10:46 PM
Apr 2017

Globalist Beel? @tomservo10 2h2 hours ago
Could have done more damage to that runway with actual tomahawks. #maddow

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Fri Apr 7, 2017, 10:49 PM
Apr 2017

Tomahawk missiles are very expensive and easily misunderstood.

Fuckin' Trump.

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