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BRITAIN MAY JOIN U.S. STRIKES AGAINST SYRIA IF CHEMICAL WEAPON USE PROVEN
jp ^ | 2/27/18 | Reuters

Posted on 02/27/2018 4:08:37 PM PST by Roman_War_Criminal

Britain would consider joining US military strikes against the Syrian government if there is evidence chemical weapons are being used against civilians, Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said on Tuesday.

Johnson said he hoped Britain and other Western nations would not stand by in the event of a chemical attack, voicing support for limited strikes if there is "incontrovertible evidence" of the Syrian's government involvement.

"If we know that it has happened, and we can demonstrate it, and if there is a proposal for action where the UK could be useful then I think we should seriously consider it," Johnson told BBC radio.

Over the past week, Syria's army and its allies have subjected the rebel-held enclave of Ghouta near Damascus to one of the heaviest bombardments of the seven-year war, killing hundreds.

(Excerpt) Read more at jpost.com ...


TOPICS: Israel; News/Current Events; Syria; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: airstrikes; borisjohnson; chemicalweapons; damascus; europeanunion; ghouta; syria; unitedkingdom

1 posted on 02/27/2018 4:08:38 PM PST by Roman_War_Criminal
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Well they used them, so now what Britain?


2 posted on 02/27/2018 4:09:26 PM PST by Eddie01
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To: pigsmith; SaveFerris; SkyPilot; Lera; metmom; jonno; Rushmore Rocks; LucyT

Burden of Damascus (Isaiah 17)

End Times Ping! Let me know if you want on or off.
God Bless!


3 posted on 02/27/2018 4:09:39 PM PST by Roman_War_Criminal (This country & world is living on borrowed time (Luke 17:26-27))
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To: Eddie01

“Well they used them, so now what Britain?”

Where’s the proof? Some pictures on the internet? I seem to remember something about WMDs we just had to take out in Iraq.


4 posted on 02/27/2018 4:15:31 PM PST by dljordan (WhoVoltaire: "To find out who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.")
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Here we go
Al Qaeda must be losing
Time for yet another false flag


5 posted on 02/27/2018 4:15:58 PM PST by silverleaf (A man who kneels for the national anthem doesn't stand for much of anything)
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To: dljordan

Anyone with access to water treatment plants or any other number of industrial chemical storage sites can get chlorine
And seizing water plants has been status quo for islamist terrorist militias holding civilian populations as human shields


6 posted on 02/27/2018 4:19:07 PM PST by silverleaf (A man who kneels for the national anthem doesn't stand for much of anything)
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To: dljordan

Don’t forget about the lie by CNN that Saddam’s troops were murdering babies in Kuwait.


7 posted on 02/27/2018 4:23:46 PM PST by WilliamCooper1
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Get the US out of that mess! If Muslims want to kill each other, that’s not our problem. If Russia and Turkey want to be tangled up in this, that is also not our problem. I don’t get it. Assad may be the only sane Muslim leader in the world.


8 posted on 02/27/2018 4:25:25 PM PST by Pining_4_TX (For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. ~ Hosea 8:7)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

False flag refers to covert operations designed to deceive; the deception creates the appearance of a particular party (group or nation) being responsible for some activity, disguising the actual source of responsibility.


9 posted on 02/27/2018 4:26:52 PM PST by McGruff (#ObamaGate)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Join the party! There’s already about 15 different combatants operating in Syria. The more the merrier.


10 posted on 02/27/2018 4:39:16 PM PST by PGR88
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Must be something in it for Britain. I would rather us stay out of it. There’s no proof. Taking Asaad out would be a mistake Like Iraq.


11 posted on 02/27/2018 5:07:51 PM PST by sumuam
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To: Pining_4_TX

Exactly. I’ve been hearing about the Middle East violence since the 80s and nothing has changed.


12 posted on 02/27/2018 5:10:30 PM PST by sumuam
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

I never understood that it was okay to use fire bombs to burn people to death but not chemical weapons.


13 posted on 02/27/2018 5:30:31 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Conservatives love America for what it is. Liberals hate America for the same reason.)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

If so, that would make both the US and UK the Al Qaeda air force since Al Qaeda has the chems & is using them in a false flag operation.


14 posted on 02/27/2018 5:38:45 PM PST by Trumpisourlastchance
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

The gas attacks are 100% fake. This is just an excuse to attack Assad, the neocon goal all along.


15 posted on 02/27/2018 5:41:05 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: Trumpisourlastchance

Almost a year after we Tomahawked the Syrian air base that was flying missions against ISIS with 59 cruise missiles, General Mattis admitted that the US has no reliable evidence that the Syrian government used sarin in Khan Sheihkhoun (an Al Qaeda stronghold).


16 posted on 02/27/2018 5:43:03 PM PST by Trumpisourlastchance
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Basically, the US military still badly wants to fly top cover for ISIS and the jihadis every time the Syrian army attacks them. This is our national shame.


17 posted on 02/27/2018 5:43:42 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: DesertRhino

Trump’s foreign policy appears to have been hijacked in Syria. He said many times before, and again last week, that our only mission in Syria is to defeat ISIS and then we will leave.

Today, General Votel told the House defense committee we’re staying in Syria for a long time. I didn’t vote for General Votel and don’t want him or other Pentagon/CIA types making these decisions.


18 posted on 02/27/2018 5:51:12 PM PST by Trumpisourlastchance
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To: Trumpisourlastchance

And THAT is why Flynn had to go and be replaced by neocon hacks like Mattis and McMaster.


19 posted on 02/27/2018 5:56:40 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: sumuam

Indeed, and like Libya. What a five star disaster that is, thanks to Obama.


20 posted on 03/01/2018 2:17:41 AM PST by BlackVeil ('The past is never dead. It's not even past.' William Faulkner)
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