Syria under attack
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Thanks 82...keeping an eye on all of this. Don't like Syria or getting into the middle of a civil war there but we may indeed be up to some strategic moves that will help us later with Iran and gutting their Nukes. Watching all of it. Keep me posted. Everything you're putting up is very informative.You're not on "ignore" with me!
No, we’re going to clearly blame Bush for destabilizing the region...
****, sorry, I picked up the St Barry handbook for dealing with tough questions.
Can't we all agree that Barry f'ed up Syria and Trump hasn't done any better, so far?
The question asking for confirmation on the number of chemical attacks since Trump took over? Or the statement that we should blame Obama? I think I actually addressed the premise of your post, despite what you think.
Well then you are 100% right on the first part and incorrect on the second part.
There is a major difference between the previous admin and the current, ironically, both deal with Iran and Saudi.
Ok?? Meanwhile, the gassing continues. I'm just glad Amb Bolton is starting today.
Why? He is opposite of everything you have ranted about on this board for the past 2 years. Reminds me of how you oppose Trump but support Bo Copley whose entire platform is Trump-esque.
Many have, rather automatically, blamed Assad for the chlorine attick. I am not a supporter of this ruthless dictator. However, it is I'm[ortant that, before we go off attacking and waging war on Syria (Assad) we need to be absolutely sure that it was his troops and under his order that the chlorine attack occurred. Many have reported for years that the rebels (and, potentially, other factions within Syria) also have chemical weapons and could have launched them against their own people to make it appear that Assad was responsible. Ruthless people --none can really be trusted and supported. Hate to follow Lindsey Graham, etc. and attack without absolute proof that our outrage is against the appropriate group. We have too much history of creating vacuums in that region and those that fill it become more of a problem than we initially had.
So Trump first announces an intent to leave Syria, tacitly giving Assad back control of the country, and then days later he decides he's going to launch a chemical weapons attack before we've actually left?
The timing here makes zero sense. I can't believe so many people are taking this claim at face value.
for idiots like this that don't understand google...
So, is this the FIFTH chemical attack since Trump took over? Let's blame Obama.......
ISIS Used Chemical Arms at Least 52 Times in Syria and Iraq, Report ...
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/21/.../isis-chemical-weapons-syria-iraq-mosul.html
Nov 21, 2016 - “The coalition is concerned about ISIL's use of chemical weapons,” Col. John Dorrian, a military spokesman in Iraq, said in an email on Monday, using another name for the Islamic State. “ISIL has used them in Iraq and Syria in the past, and we expect them to continue employing these types of weapons.”.
So, is this the FIFTH chemical attack since Trump took over? Let's blame Obama.......
ISIS Used Chemical Arms at Least 52 Times in Syria and Iraq, Report ...
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/21/.../isis-chemical-weapons-syria-iraq-mosul.html
Nov 21, 2016 - “The coalition is concerned about ISIL's use of chemical weapons,” Col. John Dorrian, a military spokesman in Iraq, said in an email on Monday, using another name for the Islamic State. “ISIL has used them in Iraq and Syria in the past, and we expect them to continue employing these types of weapons.”.
There can’t possibly be that many Russians of importance left to sanction. But President Donald Trump has laid more economic restrictions on Russia, Russians and Russian companies, described as the most punitive yet, for a variety of evil-doings in recent years.
Forget for a moment that every president loudly announces such sanctions, which then are largely forgotten by everybody. If there’s any Russian (or Iranian or North Korean) dense enough to still keep assets in these United States, maybe they don’t really care about them. And if President Vladimir Putin has buckled to pull troops out of Crimea after four years of escalating U.S. sanctions, no one’s noticed.
All this, mixed with Trump’s poorly-explained trade tariff tiff with China and his abnormal normal White House chaos, has managed successfully to distract from development of an unholy Middle Eastern alliance that should cause serious concerns, not just for the White House.
Last week Putin, Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani and Turkey’s strongman Tayyip Erdogan completed a successful summit in Ankara by announcing their new partnership to establish a ceasefire in Syria and to start rebuilding the war-ravaged land that is ravaged in large part by their own forces.