White House accuses Syria of preparing another chemical attack, issues ominous warning to Assad
Bryan Logan
The White House on Monday night issued an ominous warning to Syria, accusing the regime of President Bashar al-Assad of preparing a "potential" new chemical attack.
"The United States has identified potential preparations for another chemical weapons attack by the Assad regime that would likely result in the mass murder of civilians, including innocent children," read the statement from press secretary Sean Spicer. "The activities are similar to preparations the regime made before its April 4, 2017, chemical weapons attack."
"As we have previously stated, the United States is in Syria to eliminate the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. If, however, Mr. Assad conducts another mass murder attack using chemical weapons, he and his military will pay a heavy price," Spicer's statement continued.
Continued: http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-white-house-warns-syria-bashar-assad-chemical-attacks-2017-6
Big stir on this and a number of critical articles on the net concerning this as well. Are we going to strike them again?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/06/26/donald-trump-reckless-syria-folly-james-bovard-column/426924001/
Donald Trump is reckless on Syria. It's his most dangerous foreign policy folly.
James Bovard, Opinion columnist 3:15 a.m. ET June 26, 2017
Trump said Obama's 'horrendous leadership' on Syria could start World War III. He's made things even worse.
Last year on the campaign trail, crowds roared when Donald Trump denounced his opponent as "trigger-happy" Hillary. But President Trump is rapidly incarnating the vice he condemned. Nowhere is this more evident than in Syria, where Trump’s recklessness risks dragging America into a major war.
U.S. policy toward Syria has been a tangle of absurdities since 2012. President Obama promised 16 times that he would never put U.S. "boots on the ground" in the four-sided Syrian civil war. He quietly abandoned that pledge and, starting in 2014, launched more more than 5,000 airstrikes that dropped more than 15,000 bombs on terrorist groups in Syria.
Not that I greatly value USA Today's opinion but it's worth hearing what everyone says nonetheless.
I'd hope maybe Senator Rand Paul might say such an act would need authorization by congress. I have mixed emotions about this. We need to protect our interests there meaning the forces we back and advise. This is a prickly situation indeed. Because we are not in a state of war vs. Syria per se.
