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UN Ambassador Nikki Haley on Syria Missile Strike (C-SPAN)


Published on Apr 7, 2017
UN Ambassador Nikki Haley on Syria Missile Strikes: "The United States took a very measured step last night. We are prepared to do more, but we hope that will not be necessary." http://cs.pn/2oQRQeX


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtg8o4boUMs

And the award for best reason for the attack on Syria goes to:

Oil prices jump after U.S. launches missile strike in Syria

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Arabs praise 'Abu Ivanka' aka Trump for Syria strike and #AmericaIsOverParty fears army draft

By Lamia Estatie BBC News
7 April 2017

Image copyright Facebook/Basel Karzoun
Image caption In this meme, the US president is shown wearing a tarboosh (similar to a fez) with the words: "We love you"

Arabs online thank Abu Ivanka, or President Donald Trump - for the US strike against Syria - and Americans fearful of conscription into a huge war tweet #AmericaIsOverParty.
Abu Ivanka al-Amreeki

Arabs on social media are showering US President Donald Trump with thanks and praise after he ordered the first direct US military action against Syrian government forces.

The US conducted the strikes on a Syrian air base in the early hours of Friday following a suspected chemical attack on a rebel-held town.

Shortly after, some Arab social media users started referring to the president as Abu Ivanka - Father of Ivanka, as a sign of respect and endearment.

Others referred to him as Abu Ivanka al-Amreeki - Father of Ivanka the American, complete with a religious beard.
Media captionWATCH: What is Trump's plan in Syria?

But some were critical of the president's move and the motives behind it.

One user gave Trump an Arab makeover, with a meme of him wearing a traditional tarboosh hat (similar to a fez), with the words: "We love you."

He was also described as a "man of his words", with one user telling him: "You did in a few months what Obama couldn't do in 8 years."
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"Fifteen warplanes that would have killed thousands of Syrians" were destroyed, one user said, changing his Facebook profile picture to an amalgam of Trump's face, the American flag, and the Arabic words: "We love you."

A media activist in Idlib wanted to see more action, calling on the US president to keep going and "hit Assad down".

And while some said they "never thought" this day would come, they thanked Trump for doing "what no cowardly Arab ruler could do".

"Hope is slowly returning to our hearts. Thank you, Trump," one Syrian posted.

"For the first time in six years, the Assad regime has been held accountable for its crimes," a London-based Syrian said.

A Houston-based Syrian Facebook user shared an image of love for the US president.
Image copyright Facebook/Moustafa Jacoub

Syrian journalist Rami Jarrah had a more measured response: "Syrians are not cheering a pathetic human being like Trump, they're just happy Assad has less means to kill them with."

"Trump has quickly discovered the magic principle of US politics: when things go wrong at home, start a military venture in the Middle East," London-based blogger Karl Sharro, who is half-Lebanese and half-Iraqi, commented.

Another person added: "So now you love Trump? Where are those who said when he came into power that he hates Arabs and Muslims?"

Also, a pro-Syrian government Twitter user who was critical of the US move tweeted: "Is Trump going to bomb his own airfields for all the Iraqi and Syrian children they have killed in Raqqa and Mosul?"
#AmericaIsOverParty
Image copyright Twitter/@IslaAltamirano

Some North Americans online think their country is done for after US President Donald Trump ordered strikes against Syrian government forces.

Freaking out over the possibility of being conscripted into a huge war, they're sharing images and videos with tongue-in-cheek remarks, using the Twitter hashtag #AmericaIsOverParty.

Variations of the hashtag, including #TrumpIsOverParty and #HillaryIsOverParty, have been used in the past.

"All Bernie wanted to do is legalise marijuana and help college students, instead we get a carrot as president and WWIII," one Twitter user said.

"Immigration: Hello, how can we help you. Me: Yes I am an illegal immigrant, I'd like to request a deportation asap," a Twitter user joked.

Others said they would be fleeing to Canada and Mexico.

Another shared what her reaction would be if the army were to ask her if she would be willing to die for her country: "No."

The same response was heard elsewhere: "When the US Army officials knock on your door and ask if you're over 18."

One tweeted a gif of a boy falling to the ground, captioned: "Me faking my injury to not get drafted."

Though one user found another solution, saying she would enter names of people she didn't like into the draft.

"When you only joined the military for free college and now you actually going to war," another continued, sharing a crying gif.
Image copyright Twitter/@k3vxn_

But while laughing at the jokes, many said they were also "scared because the war could actually happen".

The hashtag was also used to take a jab at the president and his supporters.

"The people who voted for Trump better get drafted first," one user said. Another continued: "According to Trump's Census I don't exist... so therefore, I can't be drafted for this war... "

Some capitalised on the Kendall Jenner Pepsi advert in their jokes, which was pulled after accusations it trivialised street protests in the US.

One shared a gif of a happy entrance to a TV show: "Kendall walking into Syria with a can of Pepsi". While another showed an image of Kendall's mother brandishing a gun, captioned: "Kendall, we're taking a trip to Syria, bring your Pepsi."

By the UGC and Social News Team

(To see the images, please click on link. Some of them are really good!)

http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-39526653

The airstrikes seem to be a HUUUUGE hit everywhere from the Europeans to the Congress to the Arabs to the Muslims to the Pundits to Oil Prices to Raytheon Stock. Almost every written story and Fox News reporting/commentary all seem to agree that there was a larger strategy for the airstrikes which was to send a message to Tehran and Pyongyang and their allies in Moscow and Beijing.

Just a few of the collateral benefits were crushing the "TRUMP TIES TO RUSSIA COLLUSION" story; uniting Muslims all over the world behind him; having Muslims from the 7 High Terrorism Nations calling for Trump's Travel Ban and tweeting God Bless Donald Trump; exposing Obama, Rice and Kerry's lies to the American People that 100% of Syria's chemical weapons had been removed from Syria when they clearly haven't been.

And he did this with a 2 minute airstrike while having dinner with the President of China to fix our trade deficits.

The man's a genius.

Amazing.

No one seems to know what is/has been happened in Syria.

One thing I believe, for sure, if our main stream media thinks this was a good idea - it was a bad idea.
The media loves war.

I know we will and already have reason to regret any involvement in Syria - yet another country whose government we helped destabilize.

I fear unless this does bring about some peace, we will regret it mightily.

Originally Posted by Newmexican

Exactly!

Please - oh no!!

As far fetched as it might seem, could this be an attempted vindication of the Bush/Cheney criminal wars? Stranger things have happened.

Originally Posted by nntrixie

Please - oh no!!

As far fetched as it might seem, could this be an attempted vindication of the Bush/Cheney criminal wars? Stranger things have happened.

No particular vindication of Bush. But it, while was hard to ignore the footage of the truck convoys heading into Syria for several weeks, it was ignored.

Syrian survivor to Trump: Thank you



Published on Apr 7, 2017
Kassem Eid, who survived a 2013 chemical gas attack in Syria, expresses his gratitude to President Trump for his missile strike of a Syrian airbase.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3uaf1NFxXc

Originally Posted by Judy

CNN reporting new information. Russian military was notified in advance of strikes. Oh thank God. Thank God.

I agree. I do believe that it was necessary for us to issue these stikes in response to the chemical attacks, but also should not be escalated any further, and only serve as a message to Assad that the international community will not tolerate the use of chemical weapons. Also, it shuts the democrats the hell up about their conspiracy theory about Trump being in cahoots with Putin, just because they're sore about Hillary losing the election.

But I do believe that it was a very smart move for Trump to notify the Russians before hand. That right there defused a potential bad situation before it started. Also, we need to have better relations with Russia, in my opinion. Most Russians have the same Christian values the we have and have more in common with us than we realize. Most Americans aren't aware of this because of the corrupt media trying to keep a wedge between the American and Russian people.

Absolutely, 6 Million Dollar Man. And I'm sure that is still on Trump's agenda, Big League. For now, though, he's got to clean up some stuff that no one else can or is willing to do.