Tillerson says coalition forming to target Assad, Trump hearing military options - Polidicks

[quote]Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Thursday that “steps are underway” on an international coalition to pressure Bashar Assad from power, as President Trump was being briefed on military options for Syria – though what specific steps the U.S. and its allies might take in response to the latest deadly chemical weapons attack remained unclear. America’s top diplomat addressed the Syria crisis a day after Trump declared in the Rose Garden that the chemical strike would not be tolerated. Tillerson pointedly said Russia should “consider carefully” its support for the Assad regime, while calling for an international effort to defeat ISIS in Syria, stabilize the country and ultimately work with partners through a political process that leads to Assad leaving power. Asked if the U.S. would organize a coalition to remove Assad, Tillerson said: “Those steps are underway.” “It's a serious matter, it requires a serious response,” Tillerson said, adding the recent attack “violates all previous U.N. resolutions, violates international norms and long-held agreements.” Tillerson made his remarks in West Palm Beach, Fla., after welcoming China's President Xi Jinping for a two-day summit with Trump. En route to Florida, Trump also said the attack "shouldn’t be allowed to happen." Asked if Assad should go, Trump said, "He's there, and I guess he's running things so something should happen."[/quote] [url]http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/04/06/tillerson-says-coalition-forming-to-target-assad-trump-hearing-military-options.html[/url]

[quote]Asked if Assad should go, Trump said, "He's there, and I guess he's running things so something should happen."[/quote] this sounds like an answer from joe schmo down the block who gets his news from having the TV on in the background as he works on his puzzles would give

Even Putin is getting tired of Assad. [QUOTE]MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin's spokesman said Thursday that Russia's support for Syrian President Bashar Assad is not unconditional, but that the country demands a full investigation of the suspected chemical attack on a rebel-held province in Syria before the United Nations takes any action. Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov's remarks came two days after the suspected chemical attack killed at least 72 people. Moscow, Assad's key backer, has supported the Syrian government militarily in the ongoing conflict since 2015. Peskov told The Associated Press in an interview that "unconditional support is not possible in this current world," but added that "it is not correct to say that Moscow can convince Mr. Assad to do whatever is wanted in Moscow. This is totally wrong." Moscow and Damascus "enjoy a relationship of cooperation, of exchange of views and full mutual support," Peskov said. Assad and his army are "the only real power in Syria that can resist terrorists on the ground," he said. At United Nations headquarters on Thursday, key Security Council members, including the United States and Russia, met behind closed doors to try to reach agreement on a resolution that would condemn the attack and authorize an independent investigation. Peskov said Russia expects a full international investigation into the attack before the U.N. Security Council considers any resolution condemning the chemical attack that he described as "very tragic." Doing otherwise, he said, would be "simply unfair in terms of international law."[/QUOTE] But wants a full investigation

Are they gonna put a no fly zone over Syria then?

[QUOTE=KillerJaguar;52068126]Are they gonna put a no fly zone over Syria then?[/QUOTE] But that'll start WW3! /s

This is going to be interesting. I feel that not much will happen. We know Trump wants to remove ourselves from as many foreign wars as possible and focus on the US, but now the usual warmongers are coming out harder then ever for him to do something.

as much as I would very much like to see assad ousted I worry about what creating another power vacuum in an already unstable as hell region will do.

[QUOTE=God of Ashes;52068851]as much as I would very much like to see assad ousted I worry about what creating another power vacuum in an already unstable as hell region will do.[/QUOTE] I don't know how much worse it can honestly get at this point. On one side you've got ISIS who butcher the fuck of people on a daily basis and upload it to the internet and you've got Assad who dumps chemical weapons on small children and babies. It's honestly such a shitty situation.

[QUOTE=King of Limbs;52068788]This is going to be interesting. I feel that not much will happen. We know Trump wants to remove ourselves from as many foreign wars as possible and focus on the US, but now the usual warmongers are coming out harder then ever for him to do something.[/QUOTE] Including Clinton Not Joking [QUOTE](CNN)Hillary Clinton called on the United States to take out Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad's Air Force on Thursday, days after a chemical attack killed more than 70 people in the war-torn country. "Assad has an air force, and that air force is the cause of most of these civilian deaths as we have seen over the years and as we saw again in the last few days," Clinton said in a speech at the "Women in the World" summit in New York City. "And I really believe that we should have and still should take out his air fields and prevent him from being able to use them to bomb innocent people and drop sarin gas on them." The former secretary of state and Democratic presidential nominee against Trump in 2016 reiterated her support for a no-fly zone over Syria and more direct support for protesters. Turkey: Syrian autopsies show sarin gas Turkey: Syrian autopsies show sarin gas 01:50 "I still believe we should have done a no-fly zone," she said, in a slight knock against former President Barack Obama, whose Cabinet she served in. "We should have been more willing to confront Assad."[/QUOTE] [URL="http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/06/politics/hillary-clinton-syria-assad/"]http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/06/politics/hillary-clinton-syria-assad/[/URL]

[QUOTE=GrizzlyBear;52068877]I don't know how much worse it can honestly get at this point. On one side you've got ISIS who butcher the fuck of people on a daily basis and upload it to the internet and you've got Assad who dumps chemical weapons on small children and babies. It's honestly such a shitty situation.[/QUOTE] assad is simply the more stable entity, which is better globally

[quote] Asked if Assad should go, Trump said, "He's there, and I guess he's running things so something should happen."[/quote] so fucking ridiculous how this guy is in power

[QUOTE=milktree;52068962]so fucking ridiculous how this guy is in power[/QUOTE] Which guy?

[QUOTE=IKTM;52072247]Which guy?[/QUOTE] [QUOTE][QUOTE]Asked if Assad should go, [B]Trump said,[/B] "He's there, and I guess he's running things so something should happen."[/QUOTE] so fucking ridiculous how this guy is in power[/QUOTE] Just a guess

[QUOTE=milktree;52068962]so fucking ridiculous how this guy is in power[/QUOTE] Not surprised that a businessman reputed for being crooked is a master of giving non-answers.

[QUOTE=Ninja Gnome;52068055]this sounds like an answer from joe schmo down the block who gets his news from having the TV on in the background as he works on his puzzles would give[/QUOTE] It does but if that quote was added to a list of 25 quotes and you were told to pick Trump's, you'd immediately be able to tell which one was his. That's amazing. But it's amazing in the worst way