MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : PREPARATIONS IN WASHINGTON / BEFORE THE SYRIA STRIKE / REPORTS & QUOTATIONS COLLECTED BY “DEFENSE ON” (U.S.) 12 Apr 2018

 No other U.S. officials have let slip any clues about imminent military action in response to the alleged chemical weapons attack on Douma, Syria, on Saturday, Reuters reports. “White House officials did not immediately reply to a Reuters request for more detail about Trump’s remarks. The U.S. Defense Department said it ‘does not comment on potential future military actions.'” (That’s the approach that Trump once espoused — e.g., this 2013 tweet slamming his predecessor for mooting a strike on Syria: “In war, the elememt [sic] of surprise is sooooo important.What the hell is Obama doing.”)

  1. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/18/world/middleeast/us-airstrike-syrian-troops-isis-russia.html
  2. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/374361164547100672
  3. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria/trump-signals-strikes-against-syria-lays-into-assad-ally-russia-idUSKBN1HI1BY

 

Get ready Russia, because [missiles] will be coming, nice and new and ‘smart!'” President Trump tweeted this morning while the world awaits what would seem to be an imminent U.S.-involved strike on Syria regime positions. Trump’s warning-by-tweet then turned to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. “You shouldn’t be partners with a Gas Killing Animal who kills his people and enjoys it!”

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/984022625440747520