Quote from: Cain on April 07, 2017, 04:44:25 PMQuote from: Captain Pike on April 07, 2017, 04:25:43 AM
Also, gonna go get a hair shirt to wear as penance for doubting Cain, who called this shit like an hour before it happened.
It's what I (don't) get paid the big bucks for.
The missile failure rate is interesting. Lots of people are (correctly) pointing out that this was a very Wag the Dog moment - US policy towards Syria is apparently unchanged, Russia was informed before the strike (and undoubtedly passed that info onto Syria) etc. It's also unclear what intelligence led to this base itself being struck - the White House claims it is where the chemical attack originated, but what agency made that determination, how was it made and how credible is that assessment (just last week, Trump was asking for raw intel. Did a White House off the books "intel team" pick the target, or was it a "legit" intel agency).
And on top of that, it's Syria, so everyone has every reason to lie. Trump, the Russians, the Assad govt, the rebels...it's going to be a shitshow of claims and counterclaims and disinfo.
The articles I've been reading say the information was confirmed by the Syrian resistance. I'd assume that the smart move here would be to say "well they told us and they're /right there watching it/ so who are we to say they lied?"