CENTCOM officials told @BuzzFeedNews they have "no idea what prompted the White Houses Syria state

[MelissaB]

CENTCOM officials told @BuzzFeedNews they have "no idea” what prompted the White House’s Syria statement tonight

Link to tweet

White House Says Syria May Be Preparing Another Chemical Attack, Warns Assad Will "Pay A Heavy Price"

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Officials at US Central Command told BuzzFeed News they have "no idea" what prompted the statement. Pentagon spokesmen did not answer calls seeking comment. Secretary of Defense James Mattis departed earlier Monday evening for a three-day trip to Germany and Belgium, and Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Joseph Dunford was in Afghanistan.

The White House did not specify what form any US retribution would take, or what intelligence suggested that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was preparing to once again deploy chemical weapons on his own people.

More: https://www.buzzfeed.com/claudiakoerner/white-house-says-syria-may-be-preparing-another-chemical?utm_term=.owwedb2a8#.pbl0jpg3e

[vrguy]

1. Vlad

Told him to say it..

[regnaD kciN]

5. Dubious...

Putin has no problem with his buddy Assad using poison gas on dissidents.

[Nevernose]

11. Putin cares about high oil prices

And nothing else.

If this helps raise fear and thus oil prices? Then Putin is 100% in agreement, as are the Saudis.

Putin has nothing to lose in Syria, and can only gain. Not even "influence." He can always buy more later.

[unblock]

2. Are they trying to say we're now at orange alert?

They're really not good at this, are they?

[Wellstone ruled]

3. Bannon.

[NRaleighLiberal]

4. they needed a shiny object

[ecstatic]

6. WTFF?

Trump is threatening US military intervention without first talking to ...I don't know.... the Dept. of Defense? What the hell is going on?

[MelissaB]

7. That's exactly what it sounds like.

[defacto7]

8. Pure unadulterated madness...

Is it time yet? Is it time to end the charade? Or hasn't there been enouph population culling for the GOP to feel pleasantly satisfied?
There will be no bunker deep enough...

[moondust]

9. Oh.

Well, the first time the Rumpsters bombed Syria I think they got a little bump in the polls, which then evaporated.

[MedusaX]

10. So the minute all of the 'Adults' are on planes to other countries, the WH starts spinning up a

Syrian storm.....

Unfortunately, Vlad & Syria will not think twice about helping *45 distract from Mueller's progress

They will gladly assist by engaging in an act .. solely for the purpose of proving *45's tweet to be a correct prediction.....