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President Trump announced Friday night that the U.S. and its allies had launched attacks on Syria in response to an alleged chemical weapons attack last week by President Bashar Assad's regime.
In televised remarks from the White House, Trump said the attacks were underway, and that Great Britain and France were also taking part.
The president did not provide details, but U.S. warships in the Mediterranean Sea, armed with cruise missiles, were in position to strike. British and French forces were also in place.
[...] The president said the U.S. prepared to sustain effort until the Syrian regime stops using chemical weapons.
[...] In the days leading up to the U.S. attack, Russia had warned that it would defend its troops in Syria. This has raised fears of a possible direct clash of U.S. and Russian forces.
Source: https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/04/13/601794830/u-s-launches-attacks-on-syria
Also at Bloomberg and The Guardian
(Score: 3, Informative) by hendrikboom on Saturday April 14 2018, @02:35PM (2 children)
Bush Sr. got the job fully done. The job wasn't to conquer Iraq. It was to liberate Kuwait, which he did.
(Score: 3, Informative) by Runaway1956 on Saturday April 14 2018, @03:40PM
That's not quite true. Bush made promises to the Sunni, inciting them to rise up against Saddam. Then, we left them hanging in the wind. A lot of Sunni died because we broke our promises.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 17 2018, @02:30AM
someone regurgitates hilarious propaganda and some ass clown mods them informative. oh lordy, we're screwed.