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2018-04-17 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Israeli intelligence reportedly says Trump's Syria strike failed, didn't take out much of anything

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Posted by gorb 2018-04-17 13:32|| || Front Page|| [16 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Syria

#1 Not a surprise. It was designed to hit targets that were painful for Assad, but not regime ending and in areas where no Russians were to avoid international issues.

For what they were they performed to mission success as defined above.

Also they let Russia know we can hit them any time, any where and you won't see it coming. So don't fuck with us.

Posted by DarthVader 2018-04-17 14:39|| 2018-04-17 14:39|| Front Page Top

#2 I guess the Don figured that a chemical attack hoax deserved a bombing attack hoax.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-04-17 15:11|| 2018-04-17 15:11|| Front Page Top

#3 Wonder how they're looking at it in Pyongyang?

Posted by Procopius2k 2018-04-17 15:34|| 2018-04-17 15:34|| Front Page Top

#4 With all the defensive forces and media scrambling and counting missile strikes and misses it made a pretty nice diversion for their own attack on the Iranians, didn't it.

You're welcome.

Posted by Skidmark 2018-04-17 15:48|| 2018-04-17 15:48|| Front Page Top

#5 Mission NOT Accomplished

Posted by Ulogum Grundy3679 2018-04-17 16:09|| 2018-04-17 16:09|| Front Page Top

#6 What Skid said...maybe the whole play was misdirection so the isrealis could blitz.

Posted by BrerRabbit 2018-04-17 16:42|| 2018-04-17 16:42|| Front Page Top

#7 it made a pretty nice diversion for their own attack on the Iranians, didn't it.

Except it turns out there wasn’t an attack last night after all — either someone spoofed Syria’s radar or the operators are teetering on the edge of hysteria, shooting at things that aren’t there.

Posted by trailing wife 2018-04-17 17:30|| 2018-04-17 17:30|| Front Page Top

#8 And that’s the best part of fusing an air defense network.

Posted by Skidmark 2018-04-17 18:50|| 2018-04-17 18:50|| Front Page Top

#9 Perhaps someone got a shipment of those mylar balloons used to float Choco-Pies across the NKor border...

Posted by SteveS 2018-04-17 18:54|| 2018-04-17 18:54|| Front Page Top

#10 Even though the mission was a success, never relax.

Posted by Omeger Gray6606 2018-04-17 19:25|| 2018-04-17 19:25|| Front Page Top

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