From today's NY Times:
The attack appeared to be the largest and deadliest chemical attack in Syria since August 2013, when more than 1,000 people were killed in the Damascus suburbs by the banned toxin sarin. Under threat of United States retaliation, Mr. Assad agreed to a Russian-American deal to eliminate his country’s chemical weapons program, which until that time it had denied having, and to join an international treaty banning chemical weapons.
But the operation took far longer than expected and raised questions about whether all the materials were accounted for. The head of the international monitoring body, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, complained in an internal report about misleading statements from Damascus and expressed concern about possible undeclared chemical weapons activities.
Since then, the organization has found that the Syrian government used chlorine gas as a weapon three times in 2014 and 2015, violating the treaty. Rebel fighters, doctors and antigovernment activists say there have been numerous other chlorine attacks, including at least two in the past week, in one case killing a doctor as he worked.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/04/world/middleeast/syria-gas-attack.html?_r=0
From today's NY Times:
The attack appeared to be the largest and deadliest chemical attack in Syria since August 2013, when more than 1,000 people were killed in the Damascus suburbs by the banned toxin sarin. Under threat of United States retaliation, Mr. Assad agreed to a Russian-American deal to eliminate his country’s chemical weapons program, which until that time it had denied having, and to join an international treaty banning chemical weapons.
But the operation took far longer than expected and raised questions about whether all the materials were accounted for. The head of the international monitoring body, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, complained in an internal report about misleading statements from Damascus and expressed concern about possible undeclared chemical weapons activities.
Since then, the organization has found that the Syrian government used chlorine gas as a weapon three times in 2014 and 2015, violating the treaty. Rebel fighters, doctors and antigovernment activists say there have been numerous other chlorine attacks, including at least two in the past week, in one case killing a doctor as he worked.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/04/world/middleeast/syria-gas-attack.html?_r=0
Can you list what he has done? Nothing is coming to mind other than the raid. In January.Obama should of put a stop to this sh!t when he drew the erasable red line.
To put this on Trump is ridiculous. He's done more in two months than Obama did in his 8 years.
Dramatically increased number of air operations, increased the number of special operators in Iraq and Syria. Suspended the moronic rules of engagement Obama set up.Can you list what he has done? Nothing is coming to mind other than the raid. In January.Obama should of put a stop to this sh!t when he drew the erasable red line.
To put this on Trump is ridiculous. He's done more in two months than Obama did in his 8 years.
Dramatically increased number of air operations, increased the number of special operators in Iraq and Syria. Suspended the moronic rules of engagement Obama set up.
No longer do field commanders have to contact some Ivy League pipsqueck in the Whitehouse before making a move or dropping a bomb.
Is it working?Dramatically increased number of air operations, increased the number of special operators in Iraq and Syria. Suspended the moronic rules of engagement Obama set up.
No longer do field commanders have to contact some Ivy League pipsqueck in the Whitehouse before making a move or dropping a bomb.
Working pretty well last month or so...You do realize that ISIS was the ones who blew up the civilians.
You and your ilk are ridiculous with your non stop blame Trump for every thing bad in world narrative.
How has that worked out for you the last year?
Really? What are your big victories? Healthcare? The bill was Obamacare light and Dems still own the original crappy version.Working pretty well last month or so...You do realize that ISIS was the ones who blew up the civilians.
You and your ilk are ridiculous with your non stop blame Trump for every thing bad in world narrative.
How has that worked out for you the last year?
So you don't support learning from your mistakes?
So when the GOP blames Obama, they were correct but blaming Trump now is wrong?You do realize that ISIS was the ones who blew up the civilians.
You and your ilk are ridiculous with your non stop blame Trump for every thing bad in world narrative.
How has that worked out for you the last year?
Consternation on this board at near record high.Really? What are your big victories?
Hey Douche Nozzle my statement was factual.So when the GOP blames Obama, they were correct but blaming Trump now is wrong?You do realize that ISIS was the ones who blew up the civilians.
You and your ilk are ridiculous with your non stop blame Trump for every thing bad in world narrative.
How has that worked out for you the last year?
Got it. Only thing for sure is that you are an effing idiot!
Being ironic or just not terribly self aware?Know your facts a hole.
What are you talking about?
No irony. There's liberal facts and there are real facts.Being ironic or just not terribly self aware?Know your facts a hole.
Seems like a smart person may realize that bad shit happens when you leave a power vacuum and pull up stakes.
Trump has no desire to be world police.
I'm standing by, waiting to hold Biff's beer
Rewriting history? For not wanting to be the world police, Obama sure took a shine to bombing shit and "no boots on the ground" troop deployments.Good for him, I guess. Neither did Obama.
That is something... A Trumpet trying to claim the factual high ground. You have courage sir.No irony. There's liberal facts and there are real facts.
Good for him, I guess. Neither did Obama. A 15 year Iraq war isn't much of an option, either, and getting out is hard once you start it. Biff sure was critical of Obama for not getting all this fixed. I'm standing by, waiting to hold Biff's beer while he puts his incredible mind to work bringing peace to the middle east with his great foreign policy.
Biff's totally full of shit on every level, but I kind of like Tillerson saying..... nothing. I hope there's a ton of diplomacy going on behind closed doors to deal with this and North Korea.
Translation: You're fn right. Removing one bad guy so another bad guy can move in is moronic, but common sense and logic don't further my bullshit point.