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Full text: Donald Trump’s statement announcing strikes on Syria




April 13 (UPI) — President Donald Trump late Friday announced that, working with the U.K. and France, he had ordered precision airstrikes on Syria in response to a chemical attack on civilians there last weekend.



Here is the full text of his statement, as released by the White House:


“My fellow Americans, a short time ago, I ordered the United States Armed Forces to launch precision strikes on targets associated with the chemical weapons capabilities of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad. A combined operation with the armed forces of France and the United Kingdom is now underway. We thank them both.




Tonight, I want to speak with you about why we have taken this action.

One year ago, Assad launched a savage chemical weapons attack against his own innocent people. The United States responded with 58 missile strikes that destroyed 20 percent of the Syrian Air Force.



Last Saturday, the Assad regime again deployed chemical weapons to slaughter innocent civilians — this time, in the town of Douma, near the Syrian capital of Damascus. This massacre was a significant escalation in a pattern of chemical weapons use by that very terrible regime.



The evil and the despicable attack left mothers and fathers, infants and children thrashing in pain and gasping for air. These are not the actions of a man; they are crimes of a monster instead.




Following the horrors of World War I a century ago, civilized nations joined together to ban chemical warfare. Chemical weapons are uniquely dangerous, not only because they inflict gruesome suffering, but because even small amounts can unleash widespread devastation.



The purpose of our actions tonight is to establish a strong deterrent against the production, spread and use of chemical weapons. Establishing this deterrent is a vital national security interest of the United States. The combined American, British and French response to these atrocities will integrate all instruments of our national power — military, economic, and diplomatic. We are prepared to sustain this response until the Syrian regime stops its use of prohibited chemical agents.


I also have a message tonight for the two governments most responsible for supporting, equipping, and financing the criminal Assad regime.


To Iran, and to Russia, I ask: What kind of a nation wants to be associated with the mass murder of innocent men, women and children?


The nations of the world can be judged by the friends they keep. No nation can succeed in the long run by promoting rogue states, brutal tyrants and murderous dictators.



In 2013, President [Vladimir] Putin and his government promised the world that they would guarantee the elimination of Syria’s chemical weapons. Assad’s recent attack — and today’s response — are the direct result of Russia’s failure to keep that promise.


Russia must decide if it will continue down this dark path, or if it will join with civilized nations as a force for stability and peace. Hopefully, someday we’ll get along with Russia, and maybe even Iran — but maybe not.


I will say this: The United States has a lot to offer, with the greatest and most powerful economy in the history of the world.


In Syria, the United States — with but a small force being used to eliminate what is left of ISIS — is doing what is necessary to protect the American people. Over the last year, nearly 100 percent of the territory once controlled by the so-called ISIS caliphate in Syria and Iraq has been liberated and eliminated.


The United States has also rebuilt our friendships across the Middle East. We have asked our partners to take greater responsibility for securing their home region, including contributing large amounts of money for the resources, equipment and all of the anti-ISIS effort. Increased engagement from our friends, including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Egypt and others can ensure that Iran does not profit from the eradication of ISIS.

America does not seek an indefinite presence in Syria under no circumstances. As other nations step up their contributions, we look forward to the day when we can bring our warriors home. And great warriors they are.


Looking around our very troubled world, Americans have no illusions. We cannot purge the world of evil, or act everywhere there is tyranny.


No amount of American blood or treasure can produce lasting peace and security in the Middle East. It’s a troubled place. We will try to make it better, but it is a troubled place. The United States will be a partner and a friend, but the fate of the region lies in the hands of its own people.


In the last century, we looked straight into the darkest places of the human soul. We saw the anguish that can be unleashed and the evil that can take hold. By the end of the World War I, more than 1 million people had been killed or injured by chemical weapons. We never want to see that ghastly specter return.


So today, the nations of Britain, France and the United States of America have marshaled their righteous power against barbarism and brutality.


Tonight, I ask all Americans to say a prayer for our noble warriors and our allies as they carry out their missions.


We pray that God will bring comfort to those suffering in Syria. We pray that God will guide the whole region toward a future of dignity and of peace.
And we pray that God will continue to watch over and bless the United States of America.


Thank you, and goodnight. Thank you.”


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Originally Posted by artist

Russia step up to the plate of a 2018 world -which does not include smearing toxins on former Soviet residents' doorknobs.

I don't think they did that either. Why? For what purpose? This is just not how Russia would take out a spy. The spy lived, that doesn't happen when Russia orders an assassination. Come on. We used to do that stuff. Stand back and take a look at the UK. UK is responsible for the Trump Dossier blaming Trump for collusion with Russia. UK has a spy that ends up in the hospital reportedly the victim of a nerve agent manufactured in Russia, but he lives of course and his daughter lives. UK confirms that the White Helmet videos are real, as does France. Personally, I'm getting a little suspicious of the UK and all their cloak and dagger stories about ... Russia.

Is UK afraid we're going to form an alliance or better relationship with Russia? Why would they be afraid of that? How would that harm or hurt UK??!!

President Donald Trump late Friday announced that, working with the U.K. and France, he had ordered precision airstrikes on Syria in response to a chemical attack on civilians there last weekend.

A - OK! Got that Vlad/Assad? COALITION FORCES ARE IN FORCE. Syria & all muslim female dominating cultures, find another way to rid yourselves of overpopulation due to multiple wives forced into reproducing for male carnal pleasures.

Maybe the purpose of this otherwise purposeless effort was to dispel any confusion in the negotiations with North Korea that when we say something, we do it. Otherwise, just like last time, I just don't see this based on the videos which are so clearly fake and all 3 countries know it.

Putin is vindictive - he is one of the richest men in the world but.....how else can one explain multiple poisonings? KGP NEVER LEAVES THE SOUL.

Originally Posted by artist

Putin is vindictive - he is one of the richest men in the world but.....how else can one explain multiple poisonings? KGP NEVER LEAVES THE SOUL.

We don't know what actually happened. Remember, it was the Brits and their MI6 group that fabricated that horrible dossier on Trump because they wanted Hillary to win the election. If they can conspire for something like that to meddle in our elections, frame a candidate for President of the United States and then when he won try to use it as an "insurance policy" to control him, blackmail him ... they can and would make up some fake story about Russia poisoning an ex-spy, who lived by the way.

Anything to do with Russia according to the UK .... fake news.

That is pushing it.......

Not really when you stand back and look at it all. Lets see what happens. I think there's going to more stuff originating out of the UK about Russia. We need to keep our eyes open. 3 out of 4 Brits were against strikes on Syria. The UK government is not the same as it used to be.

If France found legitimate proof of gas, UK too, then assad/putin take that - you deserve it! assad/putin images are pronounced/displayed in syria - hint, hint - oil galore in Syria.

Christopher Steele found it for them and put his proof in a Syrian Gas Dossier in French and English. I'm sure he'll get a copy of it to the Washington Post and New York Times any day now, and John McCain's office will deliver a copy to the FBI. Then the FBI will say, "WaPo and NYT are reporting there is legitimate proof of a chemical attack in Syria."