POLITIFACT WEEKLY: Does Donald Trump have sole power to decide if and when to strike Iran? Or does Congress have a say?, Fact-checks of the week, NY Comptroller Lander said ICE agents need judicial warrant to detain migrants and can’t arrest US citizens. Not quite., Happy Juneteenth!, Go deeper on the Israel-Iran conflict: How new would direct US action be?, Ask PolitiFact: Did Trump pulling US out of Iran deal lead to current conflict?, LISTEN: PolitiFact reporter talks Minnesota attack misinfo, Image of a man wearing a “Resist” shirt is, A Craigslist posting was looking for “seat fillers” at D.C. military parade. It’s False, The American flag was shown during New York Mets’ Pride Night national anthem, A TikTok user recorded video of a military helicopter, No, ICE agents didn’t raid a Los Angeles elementary school, Do you smell smoke? PANTS ON FIRE! 20JUN25

 

Does Donald Trump have sole power to decide if and when to strike Iran? Or does Congress have a say? As President Donald Trump decides whether the United States military should participate in direct military action against Iran, a bipartisan group of lawmakers is saying that Congress should have a voice in the decision. Some lawmakers from both parties have proposed legislation to require a say from Congress on whether to attack Iran, a scenario that has become plausible as Israel has pursued six days of attacks on Iran’s leadership, military assets and nuclear program. U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., introduced a resolution cosponsored by several liberal Democrats that says Congress "directs the president to terminate the use of United States Armed Forces from hostilities against the Islamic Republic of Iran … unless explicitly authorized by a declaration of war or specific authorization for use of military force against Iran." Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., has introduced a similar resolution in the Senate. Despite the cross-party constituency for slowing a U.S. attack on Iran, it’s unclear whether either chamber can muster a majority to pass such legislation. If Congress doesn’t pass anything, it would continue a long-running divide between the president and Congress over who has the right to send U.S. troops into harm’s way. How did the U.S. get to this point? Since launching airstrikes June 13, Israel has set back Iran’s nuclear capabilities by damaging a uranium enrichment plant at Natanz and a site at Parchin where modeling was done for building nuclear weapons. But analysts say that thoroughly curtailing Iran’s nuclear potential likely requires Israel to neutralize the heavily reinforced facilities at Fordo (sometimes spelled Fordow), where Iran’s most important uranium enrichment facility is buried deep under mountains about 125 miles south of Tehran. That would require help from the U.S. Whether to militarily join a direct Israeli offensive against Iran — which would be unprecedented despite the historically close ties between the U.S. and Israel — is now in Trump’s hands. The presidency vs. Congress But does the president have sole power to decide if and when to strike? Or does Congress have a say? The reality is that there are "overlapping authorities," said Joshua C. Huder, a senior fellow at Georgetown University’s Government Affairs Institute.  Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution assigns the right to declare war to Congress. But the last time that happened was at the beginning of World War II, when Franklin Roosevelt was president. Since then, presidents have generally initiated military activities using their constitutionally granted powers as commander in chief without having an official declaration of war in support of their actions. Most controversially, in August 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson asked Congress to back his effort to widen the U.S. role in Vietnam. He received it with enactment of the Tonkin Gulf Resolution, which passed both chambers of Congress, including the Senate with only two dissenting votes. As the Vietnam War turned sour, lawmakers became increasingly frustrated at their secondary role in sending U.S. troops abroad. So in 1973, Congress passed the War Powers Resolution, which was enacted over a veto by President Richard Nixon.  The resolution required that, in the absence of a declaration of war, the president must report to Congress within 48 hours of introducing armed forces into hostilities and must terminate the use of U.S. armed forces within 60 days unless Congress permits otherwise. If approval is not granted and the president deems it an emergency, then an additional 30 days are granted for ending operations. Presidents have not been eager to cede their presidential prerogatives to Congress. Presidents typically frame any entreaties to Congress about military force as a voluntary bid to secure "support" for military action — action that’s often under way or planned imminently — rather than as "permission." In recent decades, congressional consent has usually been accomplished by the passage of an "authorization for the use of military force" — a legislative vehicle that "has become the modern version of a declaration of war," Cancian said.  Presidents who have received such authorizing legislation include Ronald Reagan (to oversee the handover of the Sinai Peninsula from Israel to Egypt, and separately to participate in a deployment to Lebanon that ended with a suicide attack that killed 241 American service members); George H.W. Bush (to oust Iraq’s Saddam Hussein from Kuwait); Bill Clinton (for military action in Somalia); and George W. Bush (to enter Afghanistan after the 9/11 attacks, and another to oust Hussein from power in what would become the Iraq War). The post-9/11 authorization from 2001 is among the most controversial, because presidents of both parties have used its broad wording to support military action against a wide array of targets, using language that approves efforts "to prevent any future acts of international terrorism against the United States." Almost a quarter century later, the 2001 authorization remains in force, despite being repealed by the Senate in a bipartisan 66-30 vote in 2023. (The House did not concur.) What could be next? During his second term as president, Trump has maintained strict discipline within his party. However, the issue of going to war overseas is one that could test Trump’s degree of support. Some high-profile figures within Trump’s MAGA movement oppose an Iran attack and say they intend to hold Trump to his past rhetoric that he will keep the U.S. out of wars. Ultimately, congressional reaction "is determined largely by the majority party," said Lance Janda, a military historian at Cameron University. So with Republican control of both chambers until at least 2026, "I don’t see Congress getting involved" any time soon. — Louis Jacobson

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Fact-checks of the week Lee’s conspiracy theory. As the public waited for answers in the shootings of two Democratic lawmakers and their spouses, U.S. Mike Lee, R-Utah, promoted an unproven and inflammatory conspiracy theory about the suspect’s ideology. “This is what happens (w)hen Marxists don’t get their way,” Lee said of suspect Vance Boelter at about 11 a.m. ET June 15, from his personal X account. Pants on Fire! No available information about Boelter’s political beliefs signals that his beliefs were Marxist or left-leaning. People who knew Boelter told reporters he was politically right-leaning and voted for Trump. Law enforcement officials said all the potential targets Boelter had identified were elected officials and Democrats, and they discouraged people from making sweeping conclusions about Boelter’s ideology.  Data clapbacks. Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., challenged three elected Republican officials from Alabama, Oklahoma and Arkansas who had criticized California and Newsom’s handling of the Los Angeles protests. Newsom said Alabama’s homicide rate was three times higher than California's; Oklahoma’s was 40% higher; and Arkansas’ rate was double. Data for 2022 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that California has a lower homicide rate than Alabama, Arkansas and Oklahoma, and roughly in the proportions that Newsom said. For violent crime more broadly — a category that includes rape, aggravated assault and robbery in addition to homicide — California fares less well, notching rates higher than either Oklahoma and Alabama. Our verdict: Mostly True. On the streets, go by the law, not the tweets. Ahead of “No Kings” protests in Florida and around the country, Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., touted a 2021 anti-riot law "that if you’re driving on one of those streets and a mob comes and surrounds your vehicle and threatens you, you have a right to flee for your safety. And so if you drive off and you hit one of these people, that’s their fault for impinging on you.” A social media user said DeSantis was giving Floridians "a greenlight to run over protesters blocking them in the streets." Our story explains the exaggerations in both summaries. Bottom line: The 2021 law provides an affirmative legal defense for drivers who are later served with civil lawsuits related to a riot-related incident — but the law doesn’t protect them from facing criminal charges.

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In now-deleted X posts, Sen. Mike Lee asserted that Vance Boelter, the suspect in an attack Democratic state lawmakers in Minnesota, was driven by “Marxist” ideology. Available evidence doesn’t support that idea. (YouTube)

NY Comptroller Lander said ICE agents need judicial warrant to detain migrants and can’t arrest US citizens. Not quite. Plainclothes immigration officers arrested New York City Comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander at an immigration court building June 17 as he tried to escort an immigrant after a hearing. Lander, who linked arms with the immigrant, repeatedly demanded to see a judicial warrant for the man’s arrest. "I will let go when you show me the judicial warrant," Lander said as agents tried to physically separate Lander from the immigrant. After Lander asked multiple times, one agent waved a piece of paper. "I have it in my hand right here," he said. Eventually, the agents forcefully separated Lander from the man, whom Lander later identified as Edgardo. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers pinned Lander to a wall and handcuffed him. "You don’t have the authority to arrest U.S. citizens," Lander said. We ran both points by legal and immigration experts. ICE agents do not need a judicial warrant to detain immigrants in public. They are generally required to have an administrative warrant, which, doesn’t need to be signed by a judge and can be signed by immigration officials. ICE agents generally can’t arrest U.S. citizens, because they aren’t committing a civil immigration violation. However, Lander wasn’t arrested on immigration grounds; the agent accused Lander of obstruction. According to U.S. law, immigration agents can arrest people "for any offense against the United States, if the offense is committed in the officer's or employee's presence." — Maria Ramirez Uribe

Happy Juneteenth! PolitiFact and Poynter were off yesterday in observation of Juneteenth, which marks the day in 1865 that Union troops landed in Galveston, Texas, and announced the end of slavery. President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, but it wasn’t until two and half years later that it became a reality in Texas. The Civil War ended on April 19, 1865, but enslaved people in Texas didn’t learn of the confederacy’s surrender until two months later. Former President Joe Biden signed a bill into law in June 2021 to make Juneteenth the 11th federal holiday. Here is background on how the occasion grew from informal community celebrations to becoming the first holiday added to the federal calendar since Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 1983.

Go deeper on the Israel-Iran conflict: How new would direct US action be? Whether the U.S. will take an active, offensive role in Fordo’s bombing is a question laden with strategic and geopolitical import. A specific offensive military action against a sovereign state by the United States — either through an offensive military collaboration with Israel, or with the U.S. acting alone against Iran for Israel’s benefit — would break with decades of precedent in the U.S.-Israel relationship. Past collaborations between the U.S. and Israel have involved a layer of distance and plausible deniability.  Since Israel’s founding in 1948, the U.S. has been a reliable ally, offering bipartisan rhetorical support, diplomatic cover, financial assistance, weapons, intelligence and — most recently — defensive support, including assistance with anti-missile technology as Iran has retaliated for Israeli attacks by sending barrages of missiles toward Israeli cities. "The Biden administration collaborated with Israel, and other regional powers, in thwarting Iranian attacks" after Israel moved into Gaza after Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attacks in Israel, said Boaz Atzili, a professor of foreign policy and global security at American University. "Both Biden and Trump assisted against missiles launched from Yemen, and Trump even acted offensively against Yemen, before signing a separate agreement that precluded Israel." Mark F. Cancian, a senior adviser with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said he knows of many instances in which the U.S. provided indirect support for offensive Israeli operations. "However, I cannot think of any example where the United States and Israel launched an offensive operation together," he said. More context here. — Louis Jacobson

Ask PolitiFact: Did Trump pulling US out of Iran deal lead to current conflict? Trump has vowed to stop Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon since announcing his candidacy in June 2015. During his first term, Trump withdrew the U.S. from the deal signed by his predecessor, President Barack Obama, and then broke his 2016 campaign promise to negotiate a new one. As Trump considers the role of the U.S. in Israel’s efforts to take out Iran’s nuclear capabilities, readers sent us questions about the federal government’s past efforts to stop Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. Some on the left are blaming Trump’s 2018 exit for Iran’s nuclear capabilities. "Now the world is reaping the whirlwind of his historic mistake," said Sen. Edward Markey, D-Mass.  It’s difficult to know exactly what Iran, the U.S. and other countries would have done if the agreement remained in place. Our explainer will get you up to speed on the basics. — Amy Sherman

‘One Big’ ban on AI regulations? State lawmakers have filed hundreds of bills to address artificial intelligence’s potential harms for child safety, learning, elections and more.  Those laws wouldn't be possible for 10 years under the massive Trump-backed policy bill moving through Congress. It reached the Senate with a 450-word section prohibiting states from enforcing any law or regulation limiting or restricting AI for the next 10 years. Lawmakers who support the provision said that a patchwork of state laws stifle innovation, and get in the way of U.S. competition with China. But the AI section drew bipartisan outcry after the House’s May 22 party-line vote. "I would have voted NO if I had known this was in there," Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., wrote on X June 3. Senators deliberating over the Republican-titled "One Big Beautiful Bill" have since proposed tying it to federal broadband funding. We answered four questions about the bill’s aim and possible connection to broadband, China’s role, state reactions and affected regulations. — Loreben Tuquero

LISTEN: PolitiFact reporter talks Minnesota attack misinfo  PolitiFact Staff Writer Madison Czopek appeared on Minnesota Public Radio on Tuesday to discuss her Saturday night report about conservative misinformation that unfolded from influencers and lawmakers after the Minnesota shootings. One rule of thumb: “Slow down before you share anything and consider what is the source of this information,” she said. “Turn to trusted news sources as much as possible.” Listen to the MPR News segment. En Español: Cómo cuentas conservadoras en X promovieron teoría falsa implicando a Tim Walz en asesinato político

Quick links to more fact-checks & reports  Image of a man wearing a “Resist” shirt is not of Vance Boelter, but a Texas Democrat’s husband. A Craigslist posting was looking for “seat fillers” at D.C. military parade. It’s False; we found no evidence supporting the details. The American flag was shown during New York Mets’ Pride Night national anthem. A Pride flag did not replace it. A TikTok user recorded video of a military helicopter sweeping downtown LA days before protests. It’s routine. No, ICE agents didn’t raid a Los Angeles elementary school. District officials said a video of tearful school worker was spreading rumors.

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Israel urges U.S. to join war with Iran to eliminate nuclear program & Trump says Israel and Iran should make a deal to end the war 14&15JUN25

      NO WAR JUST PEACE NO WAR JUST PEACE NO WAR JUST PEACE NO WAR JUST 

 WAR criminal bibi netanyahu started another war with Iran and is now in over his head. He is pressuring NOT MY pres drumpf / trump to strike Iran's Fordow nuclear facility because Israel lacks the weapons needed to penetrate and destroy deep, fortified locations. bibi is counting on his  "christian" nationalist allies in drumpf's / trump's fascist administration and the neo-nazi gop / greed over people-republican party to force drumpf / trump to order U.S. forces in the area with the necessary bombers and bunker busting bombs to attack Iran, the threat to American troops and civilians be damned. NOT MY pres drumpf / trump needs e mails from all Americans telling him this is not our fight and negotiations with Iran are the only way to resolve this issue. My e mail to the White House is at the end of this post.  From Axios.....  

Israel urges U.S. to join war with Iran to eliminate nuclear program

Barak Ravid

Israel has asked the Trump administration over the past 48 hours to join the war with Iran in order to eliminate its nuclear program, according to two Israeli officials.

The big picture: Israel lacks the bunker buster bombs and large bomber aircraft needed to destroy Iran's Fordow uranium enrichment site, which is built into a mountain and deep underground. The U.S. has both within flying distance of Iran.

• But the Trump administration has so far distanced itself from Israel's operation, and argued that it would be illegitimate for Iran to retaliate by striking U.S. targets.
• Directly attacking Iran, even if the U.S. involvement is limited to bombing a single site, would pull the U.S. directly into the war.
• However, if Fordow remains operational after the operation ends, Israel will have failed in its goal to "eliminate" Iran's nuclear program.

Behind the scenes: An Israeli official claimed to Axios that the U.S. might join the operation, and that President Trump even suggested he'd do so if necessary in a recent conversation with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

• A White House official denied that on Friday. A second U.S. official confirmed on Saturday that Israel has urged the Trump administration to join the war, but said currently the administration is not considering it.
• A senior White House official told Axios Saturday that "whatever happens today cannot be prevented," referring to Israel's attacks.

• "But we have the ability to negotiate a successful peaceful resolution to this conflict if Iran is willing. The fastest way for Iran to accomplish peace is to give up its nuclear weapons program," the senior official added.

What they're saying: "The entire operation... really has to be completed with the elimination of Fordow," Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter told Fox News on Friday.

• Israeli officials have raised the idea of U.S. participation to take out Fordow with U.S. counterparts since Israel's operation began.
• An Israeli source said the U.S. is considering the request and stressed Israel hopes Trump agrees.

• Trump says Israel and Iran should make a deal to end the war

Barak Ravid

• President Trump has called on Iran and Israel "to make a deal" that ends the war between the two countries.

  Why it matters: The Trump administration has so far distanced itself from Israel's operation and argued that it would be illegitimate for Iran to retaliate by striking U.S. targets.

  • On Saturday night, Trump wrote on his Truth Social account that the U.S. "had nothing to do with the attack on Iran" but stressed that if Iran attacks U.S. interests in the Middle East, he will order a harsh retaliation.
  • White House officials say Trump is still trying to prevent further escalation of the current war and resume talks with Iran on a nuclear deal.
  • Sunday's latest round of nuclear talks between the U.S. and Iran was canceled on Saturday.

  What he is saying: "Iran and Israel should make a deal, and will make a deal, just like I got India and Pakistan to make...we will have PEACE, soon, between Israel and Iran! Many calls and meetings now taking place," Trump wrote Sunday on his Truth Social account.

  Driving the news: Israel has asked the Trump administration to join the war with Iran in order to eliminate its nuclear program, Axios reported on Saturday.

  • A U.S. official said Saturday that the administration is currently not considering Israel's request.
  • On Sunday, Trump told ABC News' Rachel Scott that the U.S. is not involved in the war but added that "it's possible we could get involved."

  State of play: Two Israeli officials said that there are currently no serious diplomatic initiatives to try and stop the war.

  • One of the officials said that Israel currently isn't interested in a ceasefire because it still hasn't implemented all its objectives — especially when it comes to destroying Iran's nuclear program.
  • MY E MAIL TO NOT MY pres drumpf / trump
  • There is no justification for the United States to be involved in the current conflict between Israel and Iran. Iran is not a threat to America now but will be if we become militarily involved by bombing their Fordow nuclear facility.  Israel started this latest war, it is their responsibility to negotiate an end to it. Keep America out of this war but involved in the negotiations.

ABD, Beşar Esad hükümetine ilk saldırıda doğrudan Suriyeli askeri havaalanı vurdu 6 NİSAN 17

Köpek Wag filmini hatırlıyor musun? Biz Ortadoğu'da ve Amerika'da çok tehlikeli bir durum giriyoruz. Herhangi ahlak (yani Rus ve İran hükümetleri dışarıda bırakır) ile Kimse kimyasal silahlarla Kahn Sheikhoun masum sivillere Esad'ın saldırıyı affedebilecek. Sorusu ne gelir, kalır? Onu Rusya veya İran sürgüne gidiyor assad teslimiyetinin? Şüpheli. Barış konuşmaları? Onlar sadece Ruslar tarafından organize edilen görüşmelerin son sonuçlarına bakmak sürece assad iktidarda kaldığı sürece hiçbir yere gidecek. Rusya Suriye bu hava kampanyası hızlandırmaya ve belki iktidarda Esad'ı tutmak için zemin asker gönderecek misiniz? Rusya Suriye ve ABD üzerinde gökyüzünde Amerikan askeri uçakların da en tacizi hızlandırmaya Will Akdeniz ve Karadeniz'de Donanma gemileri? İran Basra Körfezi'nde ABD Donanması karşı misilleme eylemi olacak mı? Onlar böylece ABD'den yanıt kışkırtan uluslararası nakliye için Hürmüz Boğazı'nı kapatmaya dener misin? Bu Suriyeli muhalif askeri Esad'a karşı kararlı saldırıları grev için bir toplanma noktası olacak mı? Ruslar buna izin vermez ve muhalefet onlar yenmek bile assad Suriye Libya ve Irak gibi başarısız bir devlet haline çözünmesi edeceğini politik (Suudi Arabistan ve Körfez ülkeleri ile Türkiye sayesinde) bu yüzden kırık olduğunu. Suriye'de zeminde Daha Amerikan askerleri? Obama yönetimi oldu gibi bu kongre tarafından yetkili değildir, çünkü drumpf / koz idaresi bu askeri eyleme ABD Anayasası kasıtlı ihlal etmektedir. Önümüzdeki birkaç gün birçok ulus ve milyonlarca insan için çok tehlikeli olacaktır. Tanrı bizimle olsun. Gönderen The Washington Post 
, ABD Beşar Esad'ın hükümetini ilk doğrudan saldırıda Suriye askeri havaalanını çarpar

By  Dan Lamothe ,  Missy Ryan  ve  Thomas Gibbons-Neff 11:23 PM 6 Nisan 

Yetkililer eylem Suriye Cumhurbaşkanı Beşar Esad'a cezalandırmak ve bir saldırı gerçekleştirildiği Suriye hava kuvvetlerinin, zarar üzere tasarlandığını söyledi  Salı  kuzeybatı Suriye'de, çocuklar dahil sivillerin onlarca öldürdü. O 2013 yılından beri Suriye sivillere ölümcül kimyasal saldırı oldu  

Gül Bahçesi'nde konuşan  Çarşamba günü , Cumhurbaşkanı Trump saldırı “birçok, birçok çizgiler” geçti ve o şimdi bir sahip olması, “sorumluluk.” Trump daha önce Esad'a karşı askeri angajman karşı çıkmıştı Suriye.

o ülkenin iç savaş altı yıl önce başlamasından bu yana ABD askeri Başkanı Beşar Esad hükümetini ilk doğrudan Amerikan saldırıda, Perşembe günü geç saatlerde bir Suriye askeri havaalanında 59 Cruise füzesi başlattı.

Trump yönetiminin bu hafta sivili puanları öldürme kimyasal saldırının misilleme olarak yetkilendirilmiş operasyon, dramatik Suriye'de ABD askeri katılımı genişletir ve Rusya ve İran, onun girişimi hem destek Esad ile doğrudan karşı karşıya artan riskine ABD'yi ortaya çıkarır onun muhalefeti ezmeye.

Başkan Trump grev ABD'nin “hayati ulusal güvenlik çıkarına” olduğunu ve Suriye'de katliam ve kan dökülmesini sona erdirmek isteyen bize katılmaya bütün uygar ulusların”çağrısında söyledi. Ve ayrıca her türlü ve her türlü terörü sona erdirmek için.”

“Bizim çok sıkıntılı dünyada sorunuyla karşı karşıya olduğu Tanrı'nın bilgelik isteyin” diye devam etti. “Biz yaralı yaşamları boyunca ve geçirmiş olanların ruhları için dua ve biz sürece Amerika adalet haliyle ardından barış ve uyum sonunda hakim umuyoruz.”

USS Ross ve USS Porter - - Doğu Akdeniz füzeler iki donanma destroyer gelen başlatıldı. Onlar İdlib kimyasal saldırıyı gerçekleştirilen uçaklar kökenli olduğu düşünülüyor edildiği site Homs ilinde Shayrat adlı bir hava üssünü vurdu. hedefler hava savunmasını, uçakları, hangarları ve yakıt dahil.

Askeri başlangıç ​​endikasyonları grev ettiğini söyledi “ciddi hasar veya Suriye uçağı ve destek altyapısını yok etti.”

Suriye devlet televizyonu Associated Press göre, “saldırganlık” bir ABD füze saldırısı bir saldırı çağırarak, ülke içinde askeri hedeflerin bir dizi isabet etti.

Amerikalı yetkililer Suriye'de önemli güçleri korumak Ruslar, grevin önceden uyarı verildi söyledi. Orada vuruldu üssünde bir Rus askeri alan, ancak ABD Deniz Kuvvetleri Yüzbaşı. Jeff Davis, Pentagon sözcüsü göre, o bölgeyi grev değil önlem aldı.

Buna karşılık, 2003 yılında Irak savaşının başlangıcı yaklaşık 500 yolcu füzelerin gördü ve 47 2014 yılında Suriye'de İslam karşıtı Devlet kampanyasının açılışında ateş edildi.

Saldırı fazla tehlikede şimdi Suriye'de konuşlu Amerikan askerlerinin yüzlerce koyabilir. Onlar Rakka'da, İslam Devlet fiili sermaye Suriye kenti üzerinde büyük saldırı öncesinde yerel güçleri danışmanlık yapıyor.

Grev kararının ABD yetkilileri tarafından yoğun müzakere 48 saat takip ve Suriye iç savaşa askeri Wade ve İslam Devleti aleyhine kampanyadan herhangi odaklanma önceki yönetimin isteksizlik ile önemli bir mola temsil eder.

Kıdemli Beyaz Saray yetkilileri erken Perşembe içine süren bir oturum Suriye Çarşamba akşamı konusunda bir araya geldi ve Savunma Bakanı Jim Mattis, Devlet Bakanı Rex Tillerson ve Ordu Korgeneral HR McMaster, ulusal güvenlik danışmanı beri defalarca bildirmiştik Salı günkü kimyasal saldırı, yetkililer söyledi.

ABD Merkez Komutanlığı yıllardır Suriye hükümeti çarpıcı için planları vardı ve şu anda bir karar alındı ​​kez bir hızlı yanıt sağlayan bölgede önemli varlıkları sahiptir.

[ Donanma Tomahawk füzesi: ABD savaş bir dayanak ]

Obama, Beyaz Saray 2014 yılında İslam Devleti aleyhine faaliyete geçen süre kurtulmak Suriye sivillere benzer kimyasal saldırı sonrasında bir yıl önce Suriye devlet sitelerinde planlı saldırıdan destek verdi.

kuzey İdlib Salı günkü belirgin sinir gazı saldırısı, cansız çocukların onun tirajlı görüntülerle, Suriye lideri karşı konumlarını sertleşmesine Trump ve onun üst danışmanlarından bazı galvanizli görünüyor.

Saldırı İslam Devleti, mücadeleye odaklanmış Suriye hükümetini ve diğerlerini mücadele savaşçıları içeren Amerikan ve müttefik saldırıları iki yılı aşkın rağmen güçlü bir kuvvet olmaya devam Suriye'nin uzamış çatışma, yeni karmaşık hale getiriyor.

[ Suriye saldırıda kullanılan Ölümcül sinir ajanı sarin, Türk Sağlık Bakanlığı ' ]

İdari içinde, bazı yetkililer “analiziyle felç” tek olarak nitelendirdiği karşı uyardı Esad'a karşı acil eylem çağrısında bulundu Ama diğerleri de sofistike hava yüklediği Rusya'nın tepkisi de dahil olmak üzere, ikinci ve üçüncü dereceden etkileri hakkında endişe dahili planlamalarını görüşmek üzere gizli kalmak koşuluyla konuşan yetkililer göre Suriye'de savunma sistemleri.

diktatör üzerine Trump yönetiminin pozisyonu üst düzey yetkilileri Suriye liderinin yeni bir dille eleştirdiler olduğunca çabuk, kimyasal saldırının ardından kaymış gibi görünüyor.

Perşembe gecesi, McMaster grevleri Esad'ın hesabı bir “büyük yönelmesine neden olacaktır öngördü. Bu Amerika Birleşik Devletleri doğrudan bir askeri eylemi gerçekleştiren ilk zamanı.”

McMaster üç seçenek cumhurbaşkanının isteği üzerine incelendi Beyaz Saray ve Ulusal Güvenlik Konseyi içinde bir müzakereci süreci anlattı. Trump “açıkça başkan için çağrıldığında kararlı adımlar atmaya istekli olduğunu gösteriyor.” Nihai kararı ve grev yaptı O vurguladı, ancak, hareket aksi Suriye'de ABD askeri duruş değiştirmediğini.

Perşembe günü erken saatlerde, Tillerson ABD ve diğer ülkelerin gücünden Esad'ı çıkarmadan nasılsa düşüneceğini öne sürdü, ama nasıl demedi. Sadece birkaç gün önce, Beyaz Saray Esad'a çıkarmadan basın sekreteri Sean Spicer Suriye'de “siyasi gerçekliği” kabul etmek gerekli olduğunu söyleyerek ile gerçekçi olmadığını söylemişti.

“Bu kimyasal silah saldırısı için uygun bir yanıt düşünüyorsanız,” Tillerson Palm Beach, Florida. Trump Çin Cumhurbaşkanı Xi Jinping ile Perşembe buluştuğunu söyledi. “Bu ciddi bir konudur. Bu ciddi bir tepkiyi gerektirir”dedi.

Perşembe Sonrasında konuşan Tillerson Suriye ile bir 2013 anlaşması Esad değil anlaşma sözünden olduğunu izlemek için Rusya'yı kimyasal stoğu teslim ve için için hatırlattı: “Açıkçası, Rusya bu bağlılık kendi sorumluluğu içinde başarısız oldu. Ya Rusya suç ortağı olmuştur veya yapma kabiliyetini üzerinde beceriksiz olmuştur”dedi.

Çinli liderle zirvesi Cuma devam edecek ve bazı Amerikalı yetkililer grev de Çin orada hükümetin nükleer emellerini azaltmak için harekete geçmediği takdirde, Kuzey Kore grev ABD istekli olduğunun bir uyarı olarak hizmet verecek inanıyoruz.

[ Trump Suriye kimyasal saldırıyı kınadı ve o hareket edecek anlaşılacağı ]

Bu değildi hemen belli olmadığını Perşembe saldırısı belirgin başlangıcı daha geniş bir kampanya karşı Esad hükümet. Perşembe günkü operasyon Suriye hükümetinin hedefleri üzerinde ilk kasıtlı saldırı olurken, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri yanlışlıkla yetkilileri insan hatası sonucu olduğunu sonucuna ne geçen yıl doğu Suriye'de Suriye askerlerinin bir grup vurdu.

Obama yönetimi Esad herhangi savaş sonrası Suriye'de kalması asla ısrar etmişti ve onu devirmek için başarısız denedi asi grupları destekledi.

Amerika Birleşik Devletleri USS George HW Bush, ayrıca Tomahawk füzeleri başlatabilirsiniz Ortadoğu'ya konuşlandırılmış ve güdümlü füze destroyer ve kruvazör eşliğinde bir uçak gemisi üzerinde grev uçakların onlarca dahil olmak üzere bölgede zaten geniş bir cephanelik vardır .

Buna ek olarak, bölgenin bir amfibi deniz gücü Harrier jetleri Cobra helikopterleri ile 24 Deniz Seferi birimi içerir. Pentagon ayrıca Türkiye'de kuzeye İncirlik hava üssünden dahil İslam Devleti grubuna karşı her gün operasyonları uçan bölgede uçakların puanları vardır.

[ 'Hastaneler mezbahalar vardı': Suriye'nin gizli işkence koğuşları içine bir yolculuk ]

saldırı sadece füzeler dahil görünüyor. ABD savaş uçakları, kullanıldığı takdirde, bir Suriye hava savunmasının mütevazı web ve Rusya tarafından sağlanan yüzey havaya füzelerin potansiyel olarak daha gelişmiş türleri ile uğraşmak zorunda kalacaktı.

Esad'ın daha yaygın sistemlerinden biri olan S-200, geçen ay İsrail jetleri hedeflemek için kullanılan, ancak füzelerin İsrail savunma sistemleri tarafından kesildi. S-200 askeri belgelere ABD göre, kabaca 186 millik bir menzile sahip ve hedefler etrafında 130,000 feet irtifada uçan vurabilir.

Rus S-300 ve öncelikle batı Suriye'de Khmeimim hava üssünün çevresinde bulunan S-400 füzeleri, S-200 daha kısa aralığı vardır, ama daha gelişmiş radar sistemlerine sahip ve Suriye güçleri tarafından kullanılan kendilerinden önceki modellerden daha hızlı ölçüde uçarlar. S-300 kabaca 90 millik bir menzile sahiptir ve aynı zamanda gelen ABD seyir füzeleri hedef kullanılabilir.

ortak bildiride, Sens. John McCain (R.-Ariz.), Senato Silahlı Hizmetler Komitesi başkanı ve Lindsey Graham (RS.C.) işlemi “ABD artık boş boş duracak önemli bir mesaj gönderdiğini söyledi Esad olarak, destekli ve Putin'in Rusya tarafından kışkırtılmış tarafından, kimyasal silah ve namlu bombalarla masum Suriyeliler katlederse.”

Onlar da mücadele dışında Esad'ın hava kuvvetlerini alıp takip etmek yönetimine sözde “müttefiklerimiz ve Suriye çatışmayı sona erdirmek için ortaklarıyla koordinasyon içinde yeni, kapsamlı bir strateji ile doğru.”

Palm Beach, Florida. David Nakamura ve Abby Phillip Anne Gearan Carol Morello ve Washington'daki David Weigel bu rapora katkıda bulunmuştur.

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