Israeli Intelligence Reportedly Says Trump's Syria Strike Failed, Didn't Take Out Much Of Anything

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The strike by the US, the UK, and France in Syria on Friday involved 105 missiles fired from air and sea to rain down thousands of pounds of explosives on three targets suspected of being chemical weapons facilities— but Israeli officials cited in a recent news report characterized it as a failure.

"If President Trump had ordered the strike only to show that the US responded to [Syrian President Bashar] Assad's use of chemical weapons, then that goal has been achieved," Israel's Ynetnews quoted a senior defense official as saying. "But if there was another objective — such as paralyzing the ability to launch chemical weapons or deterring Assad from using it again — it's doubtful any of these objectives have been met."

An intelligence official who talked to Ynetnews wasn't as forgiving.

"The statement of 'Mission Accomplished' and (the assertion) that Assad's ability to use chemical weapons has been fatally hit has no basis," the official said, most likely referring to a  recent tweet from President Donald Trump.


http://www.businessinsider.com/israeli-intelligence-trump-syria-strike-failed-2018-4

[TomSea]

 One of those anonymous sources.

YNET certainly isn't Jerusalem Post or some other respectable media, probably a bit like Debka.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Reports are Israel's unhappy because the allied attacks didn't do enough to help them with Hezbollah and Iran.

[TomSea]

Reports are Israel's unhappy because the allied attacks didn't do enough to help them with Hezbollah and Iran.

Great answer!

And Senator Lindsay Graham was even saying something like this was actually a step backward.

[SirLinksALot]

SOURCE: BUSINESS INSIDER

URL: http://www.businessinsider.com/israeli-intelligence-trump-syria-strike-failed-2018-4

by Alex Lockie

• Israeli officials cited in a Ynetnews report characterized the missile strike on Friday by the US, the UK, and France on suspected chemical weapons facilities in Syria as a failure.
• Multiple Israeli government and military sources suggested the strike was not effective in hurting Syria's ability to conduct chemical attacks.
• These officials also criticized President Donald Trump's talking about the strike beforehand.
• The latest strike most likely didn't change anything on the battlefield in Syria, and it's hard to know how much of the chemical weapons stockpile it hit.

The strike by the US, the UK, and France in Syria on Friday involved 105 missiles fired from air and sea to rain down thousands of pounds of explosives on three targets suspected of being chemical weapons facilities— but Israeli officials cited in a recent news report characterized it as a failure.

"If President Trump had ordered the strike only to show that the US responded to [Syrian President Bashar] Assad's use of chemical weapons, then that goal has been achieved," Israel's Ynetnews quoted a senior defense official as saying. "But if there was another objective — such as paralyzing the ability to launch chemical weapons or deterring Assad from using it again — it's doubtful any of these objectives have been met."

An intelligence official who talked to Ynetnews wasn't as forgiving.

"The statement of 'Mission Accomplished' and (the assertion) that Assad's ability to use chemical weapons has been fatally hit has no basis," the official said, most likely referring to a recent tweet from President Donald Trump.


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[SirLinksALot]

Personal Comment:

1) There is still dispute as to :

     A) Whether or not there really was a chemical weapons attack on Duoma
     B) And for those who say that there was a chemical attack, whether or not Assad was responsible for it ( some are saying that it was the rebels that the west support who perpetrated it ).

2) Should the USA even be involved in this given the sad results of our involvement in toppling Saddam and Khadaffy?

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