MESOPOTAMIA NEWS IDLIB : DUBIOUS MATTIS / US SEC DEF
Kyle OrtonVerified account @KyleWOrton 1 hour ago – Highly doubt both parts of this statement from Mattis: Asad has no reason at all to be deterred thanks to the strike packages Mattis twice recommended, and this 17% figure is highly dubious.
Ryan BrowneVerified account @rabrowne75
SecDef Mattis on the Assad regime’s potential use of chemical weapons in its offensive on Idlib, Syria: “He has been warned. The first time around he lost 17% of his pointy nosed (fixed-wing) air force airplanes. He’s been warned. And so we’ll see if he’s wised up.”