TRUMP: MISSILE
President Trump declared “Mission Accomplished” hours after U.S. and European forces bombarded three Syrian chemical weapons facilities with 105 missiles — with none intercepted by Syrian or Russian defenses.
“A perfectly executed strike last night,” Trump said in a tweet yesterday. “Thank you to France and the United Kingdom for their wisdom and the power of their fine Military. Could not have had a better result. Mission Accomplished!”
The Pentagon said Syria fired 40 surface-to-air missiles, but most were launched after the damage was done.
“We’ve attacked the heart of the Syrian chemical weapons program,” said Lt. Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr. “We are confident that all of our missiles reached their targets. At the end of the strike mission, all our aircraft safely returned to their bases.”
McKenzie admitted the strike did not wipe out all of the Syrian regime’s chemical weapons capabilities.
“There is still a residual element of the Syrian program that is out there,” McKenzie said, adding, “I’m not going to say they’re going to be unable to continue to conduct a chemical attack in the future. I suspect, however they’ll think long and hard about it.”
The strike Friday night was in response to a suspected chemical weapons attack by the Syrian regime April 4 against a rebel stronghold outside Damascus in