Usa Have Fired Missiles At Syria

[trt]

Bluddy hell, that was quick.

[ichkeria]

"And if the Russians were warned do you think that information may have been shared making the strike just a tad futile? "

Not really. All reputable news channels were last night reporting that the US would very likely strike that airbase over night, so it would not have come exactly as a surprise. You might be able to move some stuff, but you can't actually move an airbase itself. Of course the US would have informed Russia: they communicate all the time because both countries have military there (the US is about to launch an attack on Raqqa with rebel forces for example). They don't want incidental or accidental casualties or clashes.

[mikey4444]

Khandro...keep sticking your head in the sand if you want but the evidence is overwhelming.

Assad has used Sarin gas on previous occasions and he has done it again. Sarin gas and other nerve agents can't be made in a rebel basement....they are highly sophisticated and extremely dangerous chemical compounds.

[murraymints]

I doubt the USA would have launched an attack without sufficient intel to justify it...

[waterboatman]

I don't know what planet you're on khandro, but it ain't the same one as us!

[mikey4444]

Well said Boaty.... Its not my planet either !

[naomi24]

Khandro isn’t sticking his head in the sand. This scares the hell out of me. Yes, Assad is whatever he is, but the alternative, which most here appear not to have considered, scares me even more.

[murraymints]

sometimes .." a man's gotta do what a man gotta do "

[mikey4444]

The reason that Assad was able to use chemical weapons a few days ago, is because the rest of the world stood by on the previous occasions and did nothing.

Like everybody else, I fully support Trump here.

[ichkeria]

Given the choice between Naomi feeling a bit scared and some children and their parents maybe, just maybe, feeling a little safer at long, long, long last, I know which I prefer.
It's just as much of a mismatch as "The Evidence v Khandro Doesn't Think So" lol

[mikey4444]

lol Itchy !

[douglas9401]

After the successful transitions following Saddam and Gadaffi, it's a chance worth taking.
In any event, what could possibly go wrong.

[naomi24]

Apart from vetuste_ennemi, Khandro,and me, has anyone given a moment’s thought to the alternative?

A strange turn of events. Suddenly Trump is receiving praise from his usual critics, and criticism from those who have given him their support. Funny old world.
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Douglas, indeed. What could possibly go wrong?

[NoMercy]

What the holy bejesus could be worse than one man exterminating the population, babies included, with chemical weapons?

The alternative to Trump's action is to sit back and let Assad crack on. Where is the rationale for that?

[mikey4444]

The "alternative" is that Assad will continue to use chemical weapons again, as he has in the past.

Now Assad will think twice before he commits any more war crimes.

[kvalidir]

Although I'm a big fan of keeping our noses out of other people's countries, this was far more wide ranging and needed to be done. As Minty said the reason Assad thought he could get away with doing this is because he's done it before with no consequence. I for one do not want it to be acceptable in any shape or form to use chemical weapons ( and I know it's already illegal to do so but there seems to be a case pf amnaesia about it) so my only regret at the moment is that they didn't hit Assad harder and heavier. There is the issue of the massive unwanted power vacuum that his removal will create which historically doesn;t do well, but that's another bridge to cross in the future, today he had to be hit hard as a deterant against anyone using nerve agents anywhere.

[mikey4444]

NoMercy...its just common sense isn't it ?

[Kromovaracun]

What do you mean by alternatives Naomi? Both the Syrian government and the Russian government have committed to reducing Syria's stockpile of chemical weapons, and to abstain from using them. They've patently not held to their agreement.

Furthermore Russia is now talking about holding an emergency meeting at the UN - perhaps now they feel a bit less like obstructing absolutely everything that organisation tries to do about Syria.

[naomi24]

Krom, //What do you mean by alternatives Naomi?//

I mean the alternative regime.

[mikey4444]

Khandro appears to disbelieve that Assad used chemical weapons, despite the overwhelming evidence that he has done so in the past.

I can't anyone else doubting that evidence

[Kromovaracun]

This isn't even being done to enact regime change though, the state department's justification for it was over the Syrian/Russian agreement on chemical weapons four years ago.