Dave Boyer and Dan Boylan at the Washington Times offers a piece on the American and allies’ attack on Syria.
The U.S. launched missile
strikes on Syria Friday night in coordination with Britain and France in
retaliation for Syria’s chemical-weapons attack on civilians last weekend.
President Trump announced the
attack in a live televised statement from the White House, saying he had
ordered “precision strikes.”
“A combined operation with
the armed forces of France and the United Kingdom is now underway,” Mr. Trump
said.
The strikes came around 9
p.m. in Washington, 4 a.m. Saturday in Damascus, and targeted three Syrian
military installations involved with the use of chemical weapons.
It was the second strike
ordered by Mr. Trump in the past year against the forces of Syrian President
Bashar Assad to deter his regime’s use of chemical weapons.
Mr. Trump said the military
strikes are a response to Syria’s “significant escalation in a pattern of
chemical-weapons use” culminating in last weekend’s atrocity in Douma, a
rebel-held suburb of Damascus, that killed dozens of civilians. He suggested
the allied military action is open-ended.
“The purpose of our actions tonight is to
establish a strong determent against the production, spread and use of chemical
weapons,” the president said. “Establishing a deterrent is a vital national
security interest of the United States. We are prepared to sustain this
response until the Syrian regime stops its use of prohibited chemical agents.”
Defense Secretary James N.
Mattis and Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said
at 10 p.m. that the first wave of attacks had ended, and no further strikes
were contemplated for the moment.
“Right now this is a one-time
shot,” Mr. Mattis said. “Right now, we have no additional attacks planned.”
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