{"id":78820,"date":"2018-04-11T10:30:28","date_gmt":"2018-04-11T14:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=78820"},"modified":"2018-04-11T10:30:28","modified_gmt":"2018-04-11T14:30:28","slug":"trump-missiles-will-be-coming-to-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=78820","title":{"rendered":"Trump: missiles “will be coming” to Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Associated Press<\/a> reports that President Trump promised Russia that missiles “will be coming” in response to the use of chemical weapons in Syria this last weekend. <\/p>\n

“Russia vows to shoot down any and all missiles fired at Syria,” Trump tweeted. “Get ready Russia, because they will be coming, nice and new and ‘smart!’ You shouldn’t be partners with a Gas Killing Animal who kills his people and enjoys it!”<\/p>\n

Trump did not detail what a strike would look like, or whether these would be U.S. missiles. U.S. officials have been consulting with global allies on a possible joint military response to Syria’s alleged poison gas attack. Trump canceled a foreign trip in order to manage a crisis that is testing his vow to stand up to Syrian President Bashar Assad.<\/p>\n

Syria’s Foreign Ministry said Wednesday that his threats are “reckless” and endanger international peace and security.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Russians claim that use of cruise missiles against the Syrian government forces would be considered a war crime. They’ve also said that they would intercept the missiles and target launching platforms with counter-battery fire.<\/p>\n

Trump suggested Monday he had little doubt that Syrian government forces were to blame for what he said was a chemical attack, but neither he nor other administration officials have produced hard evidence. This is in contrast to an incident one year ago in which U.S. intelligence agencies had video and other evidence of certain aspects of the actual attack, which involved the use of sarin gas. Trump responded then by launching Navy cruise missiles at a Syrian airfield.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

The Russian military, which has troops in Syria, said on Monday that its officers had visited the site of the alleged attack and found no evidence to back up reports of poison gas being used.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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