This is fine everything is fine.

[kpete]

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White House press secretary Sean Spicer announced the news in a statement late Monday.





"The United States has identified potential preparations for another chemical weapons attack by the Assad regime that would likely result in the mass murder of civilians, including innocent children. The activities are similar to preparations the regime made before its April 4, 2017 chemical weapons attack.

As we have previously stated, the United States is in Syria to eliminate the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. If, however, Mr. Assad conducts another mass murder attack using chemical weapons, he and his military will pay a heavy price."





By Tuesday morning, national security officials were getting briefs on what prompted the White House to release the statement warning Syria not to launch chemical weapons attacks on its civilians.

Navy Capt. Jeff Davis, a Pentagon spokesman, told reporters that in the last 24 hours there was evidence that the regime was preparing for the "possible use of chemical weapons" based on activity at Shayrat Airfield, the same base that the US military struck in April for it suspected chemical weapons attack on Syrian civilians. There was evidence that the regime was moving specific airplanes on the airfield that could be used in such an attack, according to Davis.

A defense official told BuzzFeed News that there were other indications beyond plane movements, but would not give more specifics.

When asked who had obtained the intelligence, the Pentagon only offered a snarky reply: "The United States of America," a spokesman retorted.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/claudiakoerner/white-house-says-syria-may-be-preparing-another-chemical?utm_term=.hkG7wKrd8R#.egEpDA0zW9

[babylonsister]

1. Rec'd to expose these lying, bellicose asshats. nt

[gratuitous]

2. Oh yeah, totally business as usual

That is, if by "business" you mean a cheap teevee program with a tawdry promotional campaign designed to sucker viewers into watching a two hour program on the shadowy promise of a Big Reveal that will "answer all your questions."

[spanone]

3. i'll bet this all originated in trump's paranoid head

why would the press secretary drop this bombshell and not the pentagon? this stinks

[The_Casual_Observer]

4. It came in response to Sy Hersh's latest article. No other explanation needed.