WASHINGTON, D.C. – Reportedly, the United States Thursday night launched dozens of Tomahawk missiles at a Syrian airbase in the wake of a horrific chemical attack by Syrain forces on citizens earlier.
The USS Porter and USS Ross fired Tomahawk missiles into Syria in retaliation for the Assad regime using nerve agents against its people, the U.S Department of Defense confirmed. President Donald J. Trump ordered the attack on Al-Shayrat Air Base, the base from which the chemical attack on Syria’s Idlib province was launched.
U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services’ Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee and combat veteran, issued the following statement on President Trump’s decision to launch a missile strike against Syria:
“Tonight, President Trump took action against Bashar al-Assad’s regime, and followed through with the red line drawn by the Obama administration.
“Assad is a war criminal. His regime, backed by Russia, continues to destabilize Syria and target civilians. This has been a tragic reality for the past six years and has gone on far too long.
“Unlike the Obama administration, the Trump administration is showing global leadership and we must work to find an end to the root causes of this crisis.”
Trump reportedly was moved by the horriffic murder of innocent Babies and protrayed his military intervention as a humanitarian act.
Do you suppose that he will modify his travel ban which now includes Syria and extend a welcome to Syrian refugees for humanitarian reasons?
He must have changed his mind after seeing civilians, men, women, and children exposed to sarin gas, delivered by their government. What would you do.
There were images of that in 2013 from the Ghouta chemical attack. Obama sought congressional approval to do something about it, they weren’t on board. Clearly Trump wasn’t on board then either. How easily you all forget and make excuses for the hypocrisy of the Republican party. They simply did not want to support anything Obama did, even if it meant doing exactly what you support Trump for doing now. Hypocrites, all of you.
What did, or didn’t happen in 2013 is irrelevant, because it can’t be changed. Times change, people change, mind sets change, and I stand by my comment. And, you didn’t answer my question.
Of course the past is relevant, it shows the extent Republicans are willing to put party politics above everything else. As for me, I’d work towards a bipartisan solution based on public opinion and ideas from both sides of the aisle. We need to get past the point in America where anything supported by a D is immediately shot down by the R’s – and vice versa. That is what will make America Great.
Nada, your comment is far too level headed and is much too logical.
The extremist people on both sides are the root cause of our problems today.
Everyone has their own beliefs, but there must be open dialogue in order to reach a solution to issues.
Sadly, this is not the case today as the old adage of “my way or the highway” is in power these days.
Name calling and labels…. thats the only thing LVS ever contributes
War is profitable. Trump and his billionare buddies will make tons of money selling war. Trump has played the American public as fools once again.
Another Republican takes us to war.
You better run and hide. That is all you libs ever do.
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I am so pleased we have a president that has balls enough to do the right thing.
The Republican controlled congress never approved Obama’s request to take action in 2013. How quickly you party line hypocritical idiots forget…
I have ball enough to take on a liberal sissy like you any time. Obama didn’t need approval and you know it. All he needed was guts and you libs have none of that.
Didn’t need approval, but he requested. That’s what a real politician does. Tries to work with both parties for a solution.
It just show he was a coward and couldn’t make a decision or accept responsibility on his own.
^^^ No Balls and No Guts Mr Delete (LVS) Strikes again.^^^
It is one thing to either be stupid or have no balls.
But in the case of LVS, both of those apply as he is an idiot and a chickenshit old coward.
LVS hasn’t seen his balls since the 60’s when his wife took them and put them in her purse.
He likes to try to talk tough to make up for the fact that he is nothing more than a moronic old goat and a sniveling ass-kissing weasel..
It takes guts to launch million-dollar missiles at a base hundreds of miles away?
I realize you’re just a troll but you could do a much better job