This ought to end the idea that President Trump is some sort of limp-wrist dove President.
Via Fox News:
DEVELOPING – The United States launched nearly five dozen cruise missiles at a Syrian airfield early Friday in response to a chemical weapons attack that killed dozens of civilians, the first direct assault on the Damascus government since the beginning of that country’s bloody civil war in 2011.
“It is in the vital national security interest of the United States to prevent and deter the spread and use of deadly chemical weapons,” President Donald Trump said in a statement. “Tonight I call on all civilized nations to join us in seeking to end the slaughter and bloodshed in Syria, and also to end terrorism of all kinds and all types.”
Fifty-nine Tomahawk missiles targeted an airbase at Shayrat, located outside Homs. The missiles targeted the base’s airstrips, hangars, control tower and ammunition areas, officials said.
Pentagon spokesman Capt. Jeff Davis said initial indications were that the strike “had “severely damaged or destroyed Syrian aircraft and support infrastructure and equipment … reducing the Syrian Government’s ability to deliver chemical weapons.”
Trump said the base was used as the staging point for Tuesday’s chemical weapons attack on rebel-held territory, which killed as many as 72 civilians, including women and children.
Here’s the President’s statement in full:
Here are the network’s coverage and reaction:
Fox News:
MSNBC:
Now, you knew this was coming:
it’s going to be a very interesting next few days, to say the least.
Related:
- NBC News: U.S. Launches Missiles at Syrian Base After Chemical Weapons Attack
- Matthew Cole / The Intercept: U.S. WEIGHS “SATURATION STRIKE” AGAINST SYRIAN GOVERNMENT IN RESPONSE TO CHEMICAL ATTACK
- Michael R. Gordon / New York Times: U.S. Said to Weigh Military Responses to Syrian Chemical Attack
- CNN: Trump launches military strike against Syria
- CNN: Trump considering options for Syria retaliation, source says
- Barbara Goldberg / Reuters: Hillary Clinton calls for U.S. to bomb Syrian air fields
- Max Greenwood / The Hill: Tillerson: ‘No role’ for Assad in governing Syria
- Tom Vanden Brook / USA Today: U.S. launches cruise missile strike on Syria after chemical weapons attack
- Sean Davis / The Federalist: So You Want To Go To War In Syria To Depose Assad. Can You Answer These 14 Questions First?
- Tracy Wilkinson / Los Angeles Times: U.S. has ‘no doubt’ Syrian President Bashar Assad ordered gas attack, Secretary of State Tillerson says
- Washington Post: Trump weighing military options following chemical weapons attack in Syria
- CNN: Hillary Clinton: US should ‘take out’ Assad’s air fields
- Courtney Kube / NBC News: Defense Sec Mattis to Brief President Trump on Military Options in Syria
- Everett Rosenfeld / CNBC: US military has launched more than 50 missiles aimed at Syria: NBC News
- Adam Kelsey / ABC News: Hillary Clinton calls for strikes against Syrian airfields
- Dan Lamothe / Washington Post: Why the Navy’s Tomahawk missiles were the weapon of choice in strikes in Syria
- Reuters: Escalating U.S. role in Syria, Trump orders strikes on Assad airbase
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