US Strikes Syrian Airbase
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look at all that white privilege!
A Russian warship entered the eastern Mediterranean Friday and was heading toward the area where two U.S. Navy destroyers launched missile strikes into Syria, Fox News has learned.
The Russian frigate, Admiral Grigorovich RFS-494, crossed through the Bosphorus Strait "a few hours ago" from the Black Sea, according to a U.S. defense official.
The Russian frigate, Admiral Grigorovich RFS-494, crossed through the Bosphorus Strait "a few hours ago" from the Black Sea, according to a U.S. defense official.
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This is the part that really matters most.
Trump effectively showed force with the Chinese guest in his house. Perfect leadership.
I don't think Russia has much of a navy anymore.
Ahh yes, White Privilege. That over-simplified, baseless generalization we "can" apply to one class of people without fear of repercussion.
Go to a school and try to teach students that all Muslims are terrorists.
Go to a school and try to teach that all Asians are bad drivers.
Go to a school and try to teach that all African Americans are criminals.
We know the outcome.
Teach a course that all whites benefit from "privilege" and that is acceptable...not only will you be approved, but you can get grants and make movies about it.
The absurdity of the double standards put forward by the Left are never ending and always astounding.
But hey, keep on preachin' it. The end result is it drives voters, who keep Democrats out of office.
But this whole thing just doesn't fit Elfie's narrative that Trump is merely a Putin puppet.
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...cal-weapons-attack-what-we-know-khan-sheikhun
Russia has denied that Syria launched a chemical weapons attack. Does their argument have any credibility?
Syria’s military has “categorically denied” responsibility for the attack. Russia, which is heavily backing the Assad government, said a Syrian government airstrike had hit a “terrorist warehouse” holding “toxic substances”.
That claim does not fit with facts on the ground, for several reasons. An airstrike on a weapons depot with high explosives would have destroyed much of the sarin immediately, and distributed any that survived over a much smaller area.
“The pattern of casualties isn’t right for the distribution of materials that you would get if you had a location with toxic materials breached by an airstrike. It’s more consistent with canisters that have distributed [chemical weapons] over a wider population,” Guthrie said.
While it is impossible to assess the exact amount of chemical agent used immediately, the extent and distribution of the casualties are consistent with the use of hundreds of kilos.
Sarin is too complicated and expensive for rebels to have manufactured themselves, and while they might potentially have obtained some supplies of stolen nerve agents or other gas, it is very unlikely to be more than a few kilos.
“If they have [sarin], it would be in minute quantities, maybe a kilo or so,” said De Bretton Gordon. The high numbers of woman and children among the casualties was not consistent with a military depot, he added.
Finally, the Syrian manufacturing process for sarin involves creating and storing two key components, both far more stable than the nerve agent itself. They are mixed to create sarin hours – or at most days – before it is used, said Dan Kaszeta, a chemical weapons expert and former officer in the US Army’s chemical corps.
So an airstrike on a storage facility would be unlikely to release sarin itself. And because one of the two components is highly flammable isopropyl alcohol, or rubbing alcohol, you would expect a fireball, which has not been observed.
Check out Nikki Haley's (hit) comments today. She rips Syria, Iran and Russia from the 1:41 mark until 1:47. Worth a peek.
[video]https://www.c-span.org/video/?426668-1/un-ambassador-challenges-russias-continued-support-assad[/video]
https://www.c-span.org/video/?426668-1/un-ambassador-challenges-russias-continued-support-assad
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[video]https://www.c-span.org/video/?426668-1/un-ambassador-challenges-russias-continued-support-assad[/video]
https://www.c-span.org/video/?426668-1/un-ambassador-challenges-russias-continued-support-assad
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A single frigate against at least two AEGIS destroyers? Bring em on.
TASS source portrayed this as less of an emergency response and more of a scheduled deployment, saying it is expected to remain off Syria’s shores for “more than a month.”
The Russian Black Sea Fleet’s frigate The Admiral Grigorovich, currently on a routine voyage, is to enter the Mediterranean later on Friday, a military-diplomatic source in Moscow told TASS, adding that the ship would make a stop at the logistics base in Syria’s port of Tartus.
“The Russian ship armed with cruise missiles Kalibr will visit the logistics base in Tartus, Syria,” the source said.
http://www.breitbart.com/national-s...s-navy-destroyers-that-launched-syria-attack/
Russia won't do ****. They are just puffing their chest
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yeah
Russia Sends Frigate to Mediterranean Following U.S. Retaliation Strike; U.S. Destroyers Remain On Station
As for the U.S., a Navy official on Friday told USNI News that destroyers USS Porter (DDG-78) and USS Ross (DDG-71) would continue a presence mission in the Eastern Mediterranean.
The ships are part of a quartet of U.S. destroyers that are forward deployed to Rota, Spain to primarily conduct ballistic missile defense operations in protection of Western Europe. However, the proximity of the ships to Syria and the ease of rearming them following Thursday’s strike made Ross and Porter ideal for the mission, the official said.
https://news.usni.org/2017/04/07/ru...aliation-strike-u-s-destroyers-remain-station
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Woman commands one of the Navy ships that fired missiles into Syria
The Department of Defense identified the USS Porter and the USS Ross as the two US Navy destroyers that fired Tomahawk cruise missiles into Syria on Wednesday in retaliation for the Assad regime's use of nerve agents on its own people.
Commander Andria Slough, a 1998 graduate of the US Naval Academy, is the captain of the Porter. Her counterpart on the USS Ross is Commander Russell Caldwell, according to the web pages for both ships.
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/loc...one-of-the-Navy-ships-that-fired-11056922.php
USS Porter
USS Ross
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Frigate: Another term for Destroyer Escort, about half the tonnage of a Destroyer
Frigates these days weigh anything from 2000 - 5000 tons, Destroyers are in the range of 5000 - 8000 and Cruisers normally 8000 tons and above.
Arms, armor and capabilities go up with class.
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I don't think Russia will do anything
I don't think Russia will do anything
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Every non-libtard should feel very lucky and proud that Trump won the election. Could you imagine if Little Marco, Lyin Ted, Twitchy Kasich or, God forbid, Grandma Jeb were in charge today? It's no wonder that Trump basically led wire to wire in the primaries and then trounced Crooked Hillary. Hillary would have killed off America by continuing Obama's anti-American policies.
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Point taken but I think you're being a bit harsh on Rubio and Cruz. They've been pretty consistent (and correct) on Syria as far as I know.
Yes Trump won the primary. But, he did so by advocating the exact opposite stance of the action he just took.
And you don't think Hillary would've bombed Syria? She's said so and has been for pretty much every military intervention she had a chance to be on the record about.
Yes Trump won the primary. But, he did so by advocating the exact opposite stance of the action he just took.
And you don't think Hillary would've bombed Syria? She's said so and has been for pretty much every military intervention she had a chance to be on the record about.
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I really like Nikki Haley so far. She says all the right things. Top-notch nomination by Trump on that one.
Appreciate you bringing that to my attention, I wasn't keeping tabs on MSM reactions when I posted that, which brings to light 2 things. ....the liberal MSM actually backing Trump places more uncertainty on whether or not Trump did the right thing, and secondly, you unwittingly admitting there is liberal media bias against Trump.
Lets not forget who swooned over Bush invading Iraq...that's right, the MSM and Democrats ....only for those two partners in crime to later turn their backs on Bush when the going got rough.
Lest we forget the incessant babble from you people... "Bush lied, people died', "blood for oil", "impeach Bush"... blah blah...vey Elfie-ish.
An article by Yossef Bodansky from back in 2013 post gas attack on Damascus.
Bodansky is an Israeli born Israeli-American political scientist who served as Director of the Congressional Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare....is one who I imagine you could take seriously.
I don't expect anyone to read this very lengthy and complex article, so to summarize..
“There is a growing volume of new evidence from numerous sources in the Middle East – mostly affiliated with the Syrian opposition and its sponsors and supporters – which makes a very strong case, based on solid circumstantial evidence, that the Aug. 21 chemical strike in the Damascus suburbs was indeed a premeditated provocation by the Syrian opposition."
In 2013 according to Bodansky Al-Qeada was setting off chemical weapons on their own people … to create the situation where the U.S. takes Assad out for them because they can’t do it themselves.
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Then there's this, from a conservative publication back in 2012
The first paragraph is telling...
The U.S. has lost track of some of Syria’s chemical weapons, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Friday, and does not know if any potentially lethal chemicals have fallen into the hands of Syrian rebels or Iranian forces inside the country.
http://humanevents.com/2012/09/28/leon-panetta-hey-anybody-seen-those-syrian-chemical-weapons/
Also why would Syria by using chemical weapons want to lure the United States into a conflict when they can't even defeat ISIS?
I'm not by any means on here trying to argue that Trump blew it. I'm conservative, so getting to the truth is in my DNA.
Those were just some of the concerns and questions I had.
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Assad has all but won and suddenly used chemical weapons after 4 years on the eve of peace talks?
Nope I don't buy it.
The military industrial complex is looking for ways to extend the perpetual wars.
Nope I don't buy it.
The military industrial complex is looking for ways to extend the perpetual wars.
There was no reason for him to do this. He is winning against Isis and the rebels.
At this point the think tank people have a theory that Assad miscalculated our reaction because of Trumps campaign statement indicating he wouldn't get involved in Syria. Much like Saddam did with Bush 41
Regardless, the attack was not very effective as they were flying missions from the runway the next day.....so there goes about 40 to 50 million in cruise missles wasted on a red herring side show.
But hey just put it on Chumps golf tab.....
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This was a measured response to an Assad attack on his own people, not ISIS, using weapons of mass destruction. It's purpose was to indicate that the US, after 8 years of subservience, will not tolerate the use of chemical weapons........something that the cuck Obama should have done in the past. It is also a warning to other countries, as well. The missile attack was not designed to shut down an airport that is currently being used in the fight against ISIS.
If this is all that happens, and the message is received, then it accomplished it's purpose. The concern now is that this will lead to further involvement, and the support for this president will take a severe blow, as a result..
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