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We are in favor of anything our proper Commander In Chief does in helping the plucky Syrian freedom fighters, right?
Now, Trump is flinging cruise missiles at the Syrian government.
This should get our attention off of his Russian connections. I mean, how can he get involved in a proxy war with Putin's ally, if they are in bed?
Trump is finally becoming his own man and defying his bad boy interest in Vlad.
I just know this exercise in freedom building will go better than Obama's aid to the terrorists in the Muslim countries.
Now, Trump is flinging cruise missiles at the Syrian government.
This should get our attention off of his Russian connections. I mean, how can he get involved in a proxy war with Putin's ally, if they are in bed?
Trump is finally becoming his own man and defying his bad boy interest in Vlad.
I just know this exercise in freedom building will go better than Obama's aid to the terrorists in the Muslim countries.
DEVELOPING – The United States launched dozens of cruise missiles at a Syrian airfield early Friday in response to a chemical weapons attack that killed dozens of civilians, the first direct assault on the Damascus government since the beginning of that country's bloody civil war in 2011.
President Donald Trump said that the missile strikes were in the "vital national security interest" of the United States, and called on "civilized nations" to join the U.S. and seek to "end the slaughter and bloodshed in Syria."
At least 50 Tomahawk missiles targeted an airbase at Shayrat, located outside Homs. It is believed that the base was used as the staging point for Tuesday's chemical weapons attack on rebel-held territory, which killed as many as 72 civilians, including women and children.
The use of Tomahawk missiles meant that the strikes did not target air defense systems manned by Russian troops. The Assad regime is strongly backed by Russia and Iran.
U.S. defense officials tell Fox that two warships based in the eastern Mediterranean, the USS Porter and the USS Ross, have been training for the past two days to execute this mission.
“Our forward deployed ships give us the capability to quickly respond to threats," said a Navy official. "These strikes in Syria are a perfect example - this is why we're there."
The original plans called for two targets, the airbase and a chemical weapons storage facility. However, Pentagon planners decided late Thursday to target just the airbase.
Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Lindsay Graham, R-S.C., expressed support for the strike, saying in a joint statement that "the United States will no longer stand idly by as Assad, aided and abetted by Putin’s Russia, slaughters innocent Syrians with chemical weapons and barrel bombs."
President Donald Trump did not announce the attacks in advance, though he and other national security officials ratcheted up their warnings to the Syrian government throughout the day Thursday.
President Donald Trump said that the missile strikes were in the "vital national security interest" of the United States, and called on "civilized nations" to join the U.S. and seek to "end the slaughter and bloodshed in Syria."
At least 50 Tomahawk missiles targeted an airbase at Shayrat, located outside Homs. It is believed that the base was used as the staging point for Tuesday's chemical weapons attack on rebel-held territory, which killed as many as 72 civilians, including women and children.
The use of Tomahawk missiles meant that the strikes did not target air defense systems manned by Russian troops. The Assad regime is strongly backed by Russia and Iran.
U.S. defense officials tell Fox that two warships based in the eastern Mediterranean, the USS Porter and the USS Ross, have been training for the past two days to execute this mission.
“Our forward deployed ships give us the capability to quickly respond to threats," said a Navy official. "These strikes in Syria are a perfect example - this is why we're there."
The original plans called for two targets, the airbase and a chemical weapons storage facility. However, Pentagon planners decided late Thursday to target just the airbase.
Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Lindsay Graham, R-S.C., expressed support for the strike, saying in a joint statement that "the United States will no longer stand idly by as Assad, aided and abetted by Putin’s Russia, slaughters innocent Syrians with chemical weapons and barrel bombs."
President Donald Trump did not announce the attacks in advance, though he and other national security officials ratcheted up their warnings to the Syrian government throughout the day Thursday.
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