Mission Accomplished? - Strikes aimed at empty targets.

[kpete]

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"And we are also hearing reports, many of the targets, in particular the air bases in some of the military installations that had been struck, had indeed been evacuated of personnel earlier in the week," @sethdoane reports from Damascus, Syria

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Mission Accomplished!

What happens when history repeats but it was farce the first time?

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[bearsfootball516]

1. His mission IS accomplished.

Nobody is talking about Comey or Cohen anymore.

[Mr. Ected]

3. We will today and tomorrow and the next day

And the next day and the next day.

Trump isn't one to think of the BIG PICTURE.

[FarCenter]

2. The General delivering the briefing said we attacked at 4 am, when people wouldn't be there

The objective was to destroy CW infrastructure, not to kill people.

[femmedem]

7. Thank you. I applaud the lack of human casualties.

Not only for immediate humanitarian reasons but also because it lessens the odds of escalation.

[Nevernose]

9. Theres no infrastructure to destroy

That’s kind of the problem. Many chemical weapons are very difficult to manufacture. But sarin and chlorine gas are simple.

Sarin is, despite what a few websites claim, a fairly straightforward process that doesn’t require a lot of space. Chlorine gas can be made in an apartment with stuff you find at Home Depot.

The only way to actually stop Assad from using them, while killing as few people as possible, would be to destroy his air forces: his delivery method. But half his planes are being operated by Russians and Russian aircraft are interspersed, so an attack on them very likely starts a shooting war with the Russians. Plus, Assad’s forces have already won the civil war and are essentially just mopping up (I suspect the danger of the final house-to-house fighting was the motive for the use of chemical munitions and also suspect that Assad neither ordered nor knew about it).

Throw in Israel, Iran, Turkey, the Kurds. There’s no good way out of this. Praying for Putin’s death is Earth’s best chance at survival at this point.

[FarCenter]

14. Had we not supported the Arab Spring madness in Syria, 100s of thousands would still be alive.

Millions would not be homeless refugees.

[dalton99a]

4. Another con job accomplished

[Igel]

10. Two things are worth mentioning.

One, avoiding the loss of life. It's a pity we didn't kill more people. Esp. civilians, who often also work at military bases. (Then, of course, we could complain that Trump killed X many people, but they probably weren't involved in anything esp. bad.)

Two, as soon as the threat of strikes was announced, were I Assad I've have cleared out every single military installation that I could. Move the soldiers and anything moveable into civilian areas to ensure that a strike against them would kill civilians. But also make sure that a strike would only hit empty infrastructure. Even the Russians took this step (with media reporting it as a threat instead of as threat avoidance).

Were I Trump, I'd have not aimed at a military installation as such, but at the ministry building(s) responsible for military decisions and planning. Repeated offenses are escalations. I don't think I'd aim for soldiers who were just sitting there.

[Cha]

5. I don't think his stupid mission is

accomplished. Everyone can see through it. Comey will be on national tv Sunday night, right?

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[spanone]

6. When you give the enemy four days notice....they leave

what a shock!!!!

[Cha]

8. Well, I'm glad nobody

was bombed, but was what the mission?

Striking stockpiles of sarin gas?

[Wounded Bear]

13. I know what the mission is...

Our stockpiles of cruise missiles were getting old.

Time to recycle. Big bonuses for arms dealers!

Mission accomplished.

[yallerdawg]

11. I'm so glad to see us taking our annual humanitarian stand!

[Wounded Bear]

12. Sounds familiar...