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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: 4, Informative) by Runaway1956 on Saturday April 14 2018, @02:54PM (1 child)
modded up because I'm not convinced. Hell, people, my own government would be willing to stage a false flag chemical attack, if it advanced their agenda. Who remembers how we convinced the American public that we needed to go into Vietnam? https://www.usni.org/magazines/navalhistory/2008-02/truth-about-tonkin [usni.org]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 14 2018, @07:11PM
I am sure there are even older examples in American History as well, not including the conflicts with Native Americans, Mexicans, and other groups with a preexisting stake in regions we found it lucrative to control.