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OnDaFence 36M/44M
44267 posts
4/16/2018 4:58 pm

Last Read:
4/17/2018 10:33 am

Tricked



When President Donald Trump threatened to send missiles at Syria — despite Russia's promises to counter-attack— all eyes turned towards the US Navy's sole destroyer in the region. That may have been a trick with pundits openly scoffing at Trump's announcement of the strike days in advance, especially considering his criticism of Obama for similar talk, but the actual strike appears to have gone down well.



In April 2017, two US Navy destroyers in the eastern Mediterranean steamed into the region, let off 59 cruise missiles in response to suspected gas attacks by the Syrian government, and left unpunished and unpursued. However,this time, Russian officials threatened to shoot down US missiles, and potentially the ships that launched them, if they attacked Syria. A retired Russian admiral spoke candidly about sinking the USS Donald Cook, the only destroyer in the region.



When the strike occurred, the Cook didn't fire a shot, and a source told Bloomberg News it was a decoy.



Instead, a US submarine, the USS John Warner, fired the missiles while submerged in the eastern Mediterranean, presenting a much more difficult target than a destroyer on the surface. Elsewhere in the sea, a French navy frigate let off three missiles.



Culinary Specialist 1st Class Alejandro Acosta puts cookies in the oven in the galley aboard the submarine USS John Warner to celebrate the victory!



The bulk of the firing came from somewhere else entirely — the Red Sea.



Near Egypt, the USS Monterey, a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser fired 30 Tomahawk cruise missiles, and the USS Laboon, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer shot 7, accounting for about a third of the total 105 missiles fired.



Combined with a trilateral air assault from a US B-1B Lancer bomber and UK and French fighter jets, the attack ended up looking considerably different than last year's punitive strike.



Photos from the night of the attack show Syrian air defenses firing missile interceptors on unguided trajectories, suggesting they were simply blind fired, and did not target or intercept incoming missiles.



"No Syrian weapon had any effect on anything we did," Lieutenant General Kenneth McKenzie told reporters of the strike on Saturday, calling the strike "precise, overwhelming and effective."

Syria said it shot down 71 of the missiles fired, but no evidence has yet surfaced to vindicate that claim. During the last strike, the US admitted when one of its Tomahawks failed to reach its target due to an error with the missile.

OnDaFence 36M/44M

4/16/2018 5:02 pm

God Bless our servicemen.


OnDaFence 36M/44M

4/16/2018 5:03 pm

That's the result when you let the experts do their jobs !


OnDaFence 36M/44M

4/16/2018 5:05 pm

Trump told them it was coming and they still messed it up


OnDaFence 36M/44M

4/16/2018 5:06 pm

But..... but..... Putin and Trump are best friends. How did this happen?


bychance4709 61M

4/16/2018 5:34 pm

what kind of cookies are those that Specialist Acosta is making? Looks like potato wedges. A Bretty Bistro secret?!?!?!


OnDaFence 36M/44M

4/16/2018 5:46 pm

When I blew up the picture they looked like chocolate chip cookies. The potato wedgies are for later. Also notice the Unit Citations (ribbons ) hanging on that Marine banner behind Trump!


99curious69 73M
641 posts
4/16/2018 6:37 pm

Long overdue. However we need to ask ourselves, why Obama's Congress would not allow the same sort of thing. Additionally if this strike is not followed up with more military intervention; it was a waste of time and taxpayer money.Nothing will have changed to any meaningful way.


OnDaFence 36M/44M

4/16/2018 6:55 pm

    Quoting 99curious69:
    Long overdue. However we need to ask ourselves, why Obama's Congress would not allow the same sort of thing. Additionally if this strike is not followed up with more military intervention; it was a waste of time and taxpayer money.Nothing will have changed to any meaningful way.
When you draw so many lines in the sand then tie the military's hands as how to conduct the measures.


strtsexboy_1 64M
764 posts
4/16/2018 7:29 pm

I like it bretty and thank you for the blessing of us service members.


OnDaFence 36M/44M

4/16/2018 8:04 pm

    Quoting strtsexboy_1:
    I like it bretty and thank you for the blessing of us service members.
The servicemen risk their lives protecting us and our nation from those who wish us harm they need the blessing of God.