The strikes against the ISIS leaders, operatives, and camps were conducted as part of the ongoing mission to disrupt, degrade, and defeat ISIS, in order to prevent the terrorist group from conducting external operations and to ensure that ISIS does not seek to take advantage of the current situation to reconstitute in central Syria.

The operation struck over 75 targets using multiple U.S. Air Force assets, including B-52s, F-15s, and A-10s. Battle damage assessments are underway, and there are no indications of civilian casualties.

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      Assad was a butcher and however he was overthrown it’s a net positive for the people of Syria.

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        And the Iraqis should thank the US for deposing Saddam, too? Assad been gone less than a day and they’re already bombing the fuck out of Syria, shut the fuck up fr.

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        Thank you, Council on Foreign Relations and National Endowment for Democracy, very cool.

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    The US is trying to degrade the chaos monkey of its own device, now that it has wrought the desired power vacuum?

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    The US is gonna remind the world why you can’t afford to do their bidding, even if you’re getting paid to do their dirty work. Can’t compromise your national security even for a few days, the genocidal ghouls keep their finger on the trigger at all times.

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      Oh no, they re pretty much the reson of most of it in entire region, ever since they took the mantle from Brits doing the same before them. Though Joe Bloodfeast leaving office do yearn for even more blood i guess.