Military tells Congress: 'One strike mission' in Syria

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General Joseph Dunford, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told members of the House and Senate Friday that there are no further plans to attack Syria after Thursday's firing of 59 Tomahawk missiles at Syrian air base.

"It was planned as a one-strike mission," Sen. Ben Cardin, of Maryland, who is the top Democrat on the Foreign Affairs Committee, said after the briefing. "Depending on the reaction, that is what I think the administration intends it to be."

The news appeared to quiet demands that Congress immediately take up a new resolution to authorize the president's use of military force, but lawmakers say they expect and will seek a strategy from President Trump for dealing with Syria.

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. said after the meeting that he intends for Congress to be involved in formulating a Syria plan, but is waiting for Trump to outline his strategy.

"The events of April 4 were unforeseen and they had to be addressed," Rubio said referring to the Syrian government's use of chemical weapons on civilians this week. "But the work of a more comprehensive strategy will continue and I believe will be concluded in short order. Congress can help guide a strategy and that is what we intend to do."


http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/military-tells-congress-one-strike-mission-in-syria/article/2619751

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SYRIA IS FUBAR

Syria is FUBAR and ordinary Syrians are being destroyed between the pendulum.  Syria is FUBAR and despite the Russian and Iranian propaganda to the contrary, Bashir Assad is a terrorist and a dictator.   Bashir Assad is to 2017 Syria what 1980’s Kaddaffi was to Libya.

Take ISIS, al-Nusra and al-Qaeda out of the equation, which is almost impossible because those affiliates are people -tens of thousands of people- and you still have terrorist Bashir Assad and terrorist group Hezbollah and the terrorist network of the Muslim Brotherhood. Syria is FUBAR because it is full of violent extremists.

Don’t kid yourself into believing that Bashir Assad is some grand magnanimous figure just because he is currently killing Sunni extremists (ISIS).  Take away the “extremists” from the equation and Assad kills Sunni moderates. Either way you look at Syria one extremist element ends up killing ordinary Syrians.  Syria is FUBAR.

Why haven’t you heard of a central political figure in opposition to Assad?

Because he kills them all, and their families, and the friends of the families; and the villages of the friends and families of anyone who would threaten his regime.  Assad protects Assad, and sometimes as an extension of his own self-preservation he protects others; but Assad is always protecting Assad first and foremost.

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2017/04/08/syria-it-doesnt-matter-who-used-the-chemical-weapons/