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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIsraeli intelligence reportedly says Trump's Syria strike failed
The strike by the US, the UK, and France in Syria on Friday involved 105 missiles fired from air and sea to rain down thousands of pounds of explosives on three targets suspected of being chemical weapons facilities but Israeli officials cited in a recent news report characterized it as a failure.
"If President Trump had ordered the strike only to show that the US responded to [Syrian President Bashar] Assad's use of chemical weapons, then that goal has been achieved," Israel's Ynetnews quoted a senior defense official as saying. "But if there was another objective such as paralyzing the ability to launch chemical weapons or deterring Assad from using it again it's doubtful any of these objectives have been met."
An intelligence official who talked to Ynetnews wasn't as forgiving.
"The statement of 'Mission Accomplished' and (the assertion) that Assad's ability to use chemical weapons has been fatally hit has no basis," the official said, most likely referring to a recent tweet from President Donald Trump.
"If President Trump had ordered the strike only to show that the US responded to [Syrian President Bashar] Assad's use of chemical weapons, then that goal has been achieved," Israel's Ynetnews quoted a senior defense official as saying. "But if there was another objective such as paralyzing the ability to launch chemical weapons or deterring Assad from using it again it's doubtful any of these objectives have been met."
An intelligence official who talked to Ynetnews wasn't as forgiving.
"The statement of 'Mission Accomplished' and (the assertion) that Assad's ability to use chemical weapons has been fatally hit has no basis," the official said, most likely referring to a recent tweet from President Donald Trump.
http://www.businessinsider.com/israeli-intelligence-trump-syria-strike-failed-2018-4
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Israeli intelligence reportedly says Trump's Syria strike failed (Original Post)
bullwinkle428
Apr 2018
OP
That's what happens when you announce that you're coming days in advance and everyone abandons
politicaljunkie41910
Apr 2018
#2
The entire point was for him to show the world he could waste 100 milion dollars
ProudLib72
Apr 2018
#6
Dread Pirate Roberts
(1,896 posts)1. But everything blowed up real good!
How can that be a failure? Just like everything else Trump does, no substance, all for show, and somehow corrupt.
bullwinkle428
(20,629 posts)4. I LOVED "Farm Film Report"!!! Thanks for that obscure throw-back!
politicaljunkie41910
(3,335 posts)2. That's what happens when you announce that you're coming days in advance and everyone abandons
the targeted sites and takes their stock of chemical weapons with them.
RainCaster
(10,887 posts)3. We all saw this one coming
What other result would you expect?
spanone
(135,846 posts)5. it's all show biz to don....he's a cheap suit
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)6. The entire point was for him to show the world he could waste 100 milion dollars
in a few minutes without any sort of approval and without facing any consequences. So, yes, he certainly did accomplish something.