As Russia continues to bombard the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib from the skies, in support of the country’s ruling government’s campaign to retake territory, Washington is warning of retaliatory strikes.
Trump administration national security adviser John Bolton said this week that the US was in talks with France and the UK about possible air strikes targeting Syrian government assets.
“We’ve been in consultation with the British and the French, who joined us in the second strike, and they also agree that another use of chemical weapons will result in a much stronger response,” Bolton was quoted by The Wall Street Journal as saying.
The US has conducted two recent high-profile air strikes in Syria in response to alleged chemical-weapons attacks, once in April 2017 and again in April of this year.
The threat of force comes after Russia and Iran brushed off objections from the US and Turkey to back a Syrian operation to wrest Idlib from some 70,000 opposition militants.
One source close to the White House told Al-Monitor that the US administration was resigned to the Syrian offensive and acknowledged there were few options to stop it.
While officials in Washington, along with counterparts from European allies, are pre-emptively positioning to use chemical-weapons attacks as a pretense for possible air strikes, Russia has pointed the finger at the US for breaking international law with the use of white-phosphorus bombs.
Use of the incendiary white-phosphorus munitions in highly populated areas, such as Deir Ezzor where the purported strikes took place, is prohibited under international law.
The Pentagon denied Moscow’s accusations.
“None of the military units in the area are even equipped with white-phosphorus munitions of any kind,” Pentagon spokesman Commander Sean Robertson said.
How did WASPS enter into this? This was an AT staff posting. They don’t even run AT.
The nastiest anti-China comments around here come from other nonwhites. And we’re talking barnyard stuff that would make your typical WASP incarnadine to read it, let alone type it.
US and Russia engage in a tug of propaganda..
THE U.S THE LARGEST SPONSOR OF TERROR IN THE WORLD IS STYMIED AS TO HOW THEY CAN STOP SYRIA AND RUSSIA AND IRAN FROM ANNHILATING THE DAESH TAKFIRIS IN IDLIB. TRUMP AND HIS ZIONIST ISRAELI IDIOTS ARE POWERLESS TO DO ANYTHING.LEST THEY ATTACK RUSSIAN FORCES AND START WW3 .
Every where in the world USA sponcer the terrorist to chang the govt .but from korea .vetnam iraq sirya and afghanistan the US stratagy is fail .US killed only inocent civilien on the name of freedam and fake human right option .otherwise US is the assessinater of human bieng
This is beginning of big Global Events in this Dark World. We are in the End Times.
You are ignorant, to say us is sponsoring terrorist. They are only fi8ing for no more militarily rule in this world again.did us ever attack any civilian ruling country? Ask urself
Empror Tosin correct
Empror Tosin yes the US Ttack iraq that there are mass destructive weapon but not recvered US attack afghanistan for 9/11 attack but All attacker werearab a singal afghani was not involved US attack libya with out any couse US want to strengjten israel in the region killed million of inocent people now trying to attack iran on the name of democracy but threatning UNo .icc.andvito UNO resvlotion where he dont follow democracy .fever the KSA UAE where are no democracy start war of trading with many countries a big dector is US of the world .
Empror Tosin ask him what language he speak if US did not join WW II..some of them didnt know that..
Empror Tosin for all the destruction in syria, iraq,libya usa,uk,france are responsible. They never take time to attack muslim countries.syrian genocide was fulky triggered by obama.
We are heading into a confrontation with Russia here. Accidental or otherwise.