U.S. Said to Weigh Military Responses to Syrian Chemical Attack

[Drum]

Source: New York Times

WASHINGTON — Senior Defense Department officials are developing options for a military strike in response to the Syrian government’s chemical weapons attack that killed dozens of civilians on Tuesday, officials said on Thursday.

The top-level consultations about military options involve Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, as well as military officers at the United States Central Command.

Mr. Mattis is traveling to Florida, where he is expected to discuss the crisis in Syria with President Trump. Officials said no decisions had been made.

American intelligence has established with high confidence that a Syrian government aircraft carried out the attack, a senior American official said.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/06/world/middleeast/us-said-to-weigh-military-responses-to-syrian-chemical-attack.html

[Cattledog]

1. "American intelligence"? Must be a hoax. #MAGA!

[yallerdawg]

2. Exact same options Obama had.

Except there are a lot more Russians now!

Gorsuch and Xi. The power of distraction.

Or inability to maintain more than one thought at a time?

[Gymbo]

3. Let's See

Falling poll numbers, Russian questions, failed agenda, no health care solution, pulled promises, of course we're going to bomb and we are going to bomb soon.

[atreides1]

4. Don't they realize...

...that within 24 hours of briefing Trump, Putin will have all of the same information...which means Assad will know in 36 hours!!!

[FailureToCommunicate]

5. +1

[bluestarone]

6. food for thought

Just thinking, Wouldn't it be just like Putin to Capture (kill) Assad?? Making him (Putin) a good boy to Trump!!! And wouldn't that be something?? Wouldn't surprise me at all.

[Yavin4]

7. What would a bombing accomplish?

Okay, so you bomb Syria. Then what? Assad will still be in power. Won't change a damn thing.

[Hayabusa]

8. Breaking on MSNBC right now: 50 Tomahawk missiles hit a Syrian airfield.