Trump Orders Strikes on Syria Over Suspected Chemical Weapons Attack

[EarthFirst]

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Source: NYT

WASHINGTON — President Trump said on Friday he had ordered strikes on Syrian targets, seeking to punish President Bashar al-Assad for a suspected chemical attack near Damascus that killed more than 40 people.

Mr. Trump said Britain and France had joined the United States in the strikes.

The strikes risked pulling the United States deeper into the complex, multi-sided war in Syria from which Mr. Trump only last week said he wanted to withdraw. They also raised the possibility of confrontation with Russia and Iran, both of which have military forces in Syria to support Mr. Assad.

In choosing to strike, it appeared that Mr. Trump’s desire to punish Mr. Assad for what he called a “barbaric act” — and make good on his tweets promising action this week — outweighed his desire to limit the United States’ military involvement in the conflict, at least in the short term.

Read more: https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/04/13/world/middleeast/trump-strikes-syria-attack.html

[pangaia]

1. In addition to insanity.. deflection.... Cheney quality deflection...

[Liberalhammer]

2. Dog and pony show

Putin's orders.

[DinahMoeHum]

3. It's Wag The Dog time.

[Honeycombe8]

6. +1. nt

[Ccarmona]

4. This Has John Boltons Stench All Over It

Especially the calling out of Iran & Russia.

[EarthFirst]

8. Yep!

Bolton’s appointment had much to do with this...

[Honeycombe8]

5. So much for checks & balances? Congress said he'd need their permission for more than one strike.

I think that's what one Repub said. A "campaign" (more than one) is war.

[Marthe48]

7. If the target is the chemicals

What assurance is there that the innocents will be safe containers are destroyed the and contents mix with bomb material and gets in the air?

He can't even run his own life, how can this go well?

[marble falls]

9. Locking, duplicate - post in GD maybe?