UPDATED: BREAKING: US begins bombing ISIL sites in Syria

[MohRokTah]

Best link for now:

http://www.breakingnews.com/topic/islamic-state-threat-in-iraq-syria/

Updates to come.

Added link to the Pentagon Press Secretary Tweet of the above:

https://twitter.com/PentagonPresSec/status/514225298447949825

Rear Adm. John Kirby
@PentagonPresSec

US military & partner nation forces have begun striking ISIL targets in Syria using mix of fighters, bombers and Tomahawk missiles.

Reuters Link:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09-23/us-begin-air-strikes-in-syria-pentagon-says/5762848

UPDATE: Confirmed, five Arab nations in the coalition. Bahrain, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and UAE

[NYC_SKP]

1. I hope will be an effective mission and hasten an end to extremism. (nt)

[MohRokTah]

3. Sounds like we're not the only ones bombing, which is an absolute must.

Hopefully this will destroy enough of the ISIL military capabilities that the immediate threat to the region is contained.

[MohRokTah]

70. Cite?

Didn't think so.

[sheshe2]

74. Damn! I missed them. I was just going to post!

Love MIRT~

[nationalize the fed]

25. The beatings will continue until morale improves™

[MohRokTah]

32. .

[fadedrose]

61. Reminds me of Catholic School nt

[grahamhgreen]

90. What's the mission?

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

2. Sounds like a major strike.

[MohRokTah]

4. I'm more shocked that McCain hasn't found a camera and a mike yet. eom

[hardcover]

78. McCain gives me the creeps.

[freshwest]

94. Waiting for Putin to weigh in. He's been strangely silent on Syria lately.

[MohRokTah]

95. I doubt he'll say anything.

This is good for Assad, so he won't want to muddy the waters by saying anything.

[freshwest]

96. Besides, he managed to get his warm water port in Crimea. Syria may not be as important anymore.

[Caretha]

111. Ridiculous

Just google it. Putin has had plenty to say. I don't mean to be disrespectful, but it is very naive of you to think that Putin is silent on the subject of Syria.

[Calista241]

100. Now that is an awesome picture.

[freshwest]

103. I fear it may be photoshopped, but still cool! Galloping along on the Russian bear!

Through the water! Cold water! Splash! Roar!

[MohRokTah]

107. "May" be photoshopped??????

[freshwest]

115. Well, didn't want to ruin the thrill for anyone who liked it, ya know?

[Erose999]

123. He's probably concerned about his ISIS buddies....

Arming these guys was a fucking brillian idea. Thanks Mayor McCheese.

[leftstreet]

5. 'partner nation forces' ??

[MohRokTah]

8. We're just firing Tomohawk missiles. The bombing sorties are being carried out by Arab nations. eom

[leftstreet]

9. Link? n/t

[MohRokTah]

12. Link I had changed. Now more ambiguous.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/strikes-begin-over-syria

[leftstreet]

14. Who are the 'partner nations?' n/t

[MohRokTah]

16. We'll have to wait and find out.

As with all breaking stories, the facts will be fuzzy for quite some time.

[leftstreet]

18. So you don't know n/t

[MohRokTah]

19. Not been announced. eom

[cwydro]

20. No, he doesn't

And I have not heard any Arab nations named specifically.

France and the US are supposedly the ones conducting the bombing.

Apparently, the Pentagon is "tweeting" this information.

Our country is so screwed.

[VanillaRhapsody]

37. Whoopsie.....seems you spoke too soon.

[GGJohn]

22. Just heard that Saudi, Jordan, Bahrain, UAE are involved in airstrikes so far,

they're flying sorties against ISIS and it looks like Turkey is about to become involved against ISIS also.

[NRaleighLiberal]

23. welcome to DU and thanks for this info - any links?

[GGJohn]

27. Watching CNN and MSNBC who have named these nations.

Thanks for the welcome.

[Sunlei]

28. CNN reports Arab Nations are taking part in the strikes. Was waiting for them to step-up!

[MohRokTah]

29. WOW!

That's a HUGE coalition.

Why oh why hasn't McCain found a camera yet? Is he sick?

[sheshe2]

63. Johnny grabbed his gun. No time for a camera.

The Maverick is back. He is putting his money where his mouth is....Johnnys gone to fight.

Oh wait never mind! He may have found a camera afterall.

Thanks Moh....is the coalition a fact yet?

[MohRokTah]

65. Reported as Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and UAE

Turkey could be added soon.

[sheshe2]

71. Good! Excellent.

Thank you Obama!

Thanks to you as well Moh!

[hardcover]

80. If he shows his face I'm turning off the TV.

[leftstreet]

41. So why did they need the US?

Sounds like they've got it covered

[GGJohn]

43. You'll have to ask those nations respective governments that.

I don't know.

[Union Scribe]

56. Exactly. nt

[Recursion]

31. The only picture of any airplane I've seen was French (nt)

[VanillaRhapsody]

6. Wow....Arab nations puting in this time....

Leave it to Obama!

[MohRokTah]

10. We're just firing Tomohawk missiles.

Everything else right now are Arab nations.

[VanillaRhapsody]

11. Holy Shit....McCain and Graham are are shitting their pants!

[MohRokTah]

13. Link I had on this changed, now more ambiguous

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/strikes-begin-over-syria

But I'm shocked McCain hasn't found a camera yet.

[VanillaRhapsody]

15. He hasn't been able to find his false teeth that shot across the room when he heard a coalition of

Arab Nations was doing this bombing!

[cwydro]

21. Find a link that says that.

There is no coalition of Arab nations doing any bombing.

[VanillaRhapsody]

33. okay whatever gets you through the night....its all over the news...even Andrea Mitchell

has been reporting it!

[freshwest]

97. A Google search can help out with this, if one is really in doubt...

I don't have cable, but I do have Google. But I'm not going to help this time.

[VanillaRhapsody]

108. hahahahaha...GMAFB!

I don't have to do HIS homework.....if he wants to believe something untrue....that's on him not me!

[GGJohn]

36. Apparently there is a coalition of Arab nations flying sorties against ISIS,

it's on every news station on TV.

[leftynyc]

109. Here's the link you've been demanding

Now you can find something else to whine about.

http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/276427051.html

[davidpdx]

106. That's ok, they are wearing their diapers

[bigwillq]

17. Yuck

[sheshe2]

68. I can't post to the hide so bigwillq...

I agree....that was disgusting! Please MIRT take a look at that statement!

[delrem]

24. I'm happy to see that the Dems on DU are in ecstacy over this.

Especially at the involvement the freedom loving democracies of HRC's "Friends of Syria".

It doesn't get any better than this, does it?

[MohRokTah]

26. .

[nationalize the fed]

30. next thing you know they'll be cheering a republican heritage foundation health insurance plan

with no public option

[leftstreet]

48. LOL

[Maven]

86. yep

[SammyWinstonJack]

98. OMG!

[Union Scribe]

45. Stop harshing the buzz of the viewing party man!

How are we supposed to enjoy the fireworks with people reminding us that perpetual war is a scam?

[delrem]

66. Shock and Awe Over Baghdad made for a terrific party mix, my friend!

Esp. the Fox coverage I saw up here in Canada, where Fox overlaid a transparency of Old Glory rippling in the wind on the hijacked Al Jazeera feed (the US was bombing Al Jazeera - part of the enemy - at the time), and erased the Al Jazeera sound commentary and interjected their own more profound and truthful commentary in place. It was... just.... wonderful!!! As said over and over at the time: "Just like the 4th of July!"

It's hard to see how any Dem admin can beat that for popular appeal, but they sure try!

[morningfog]

34. An illegal act of war.

[grahamhgreen]

58. In my view, they will go after impeachment over this.

[VanillaRhapsody]

35. Here come the sour grapes!

Griefers are here!

[MohRokTah]

38. Obama could cure cancer and some would complain that he hadn't cured heart disease. eom

[VanillaRhapsody]

39. exactly!

but they don't "hate" the guy!

[rug]

54. Ordering air strikes isn't quite curing cancer.

[GGJohn]

60. If you look at it this way,

ISIS is a cancer to the Middle East and needs to be eradicated, so in a way, the president and coalition nations are curing cancer.

Yes, I know, it's a stretch, but it's my stretch.

[rug]

62. I don't. It's a political problem not a medical one.

[sheshe2]

77. Welcome to DU...

And I like your input! ISIS is a cancer, it comes in all forms.

Thanks GGJohn.

[GGJohn]

79. Thank you for the welcome.

[sheshe2]

92. You are welcome~

[MohRokTah]

81. .

[rug]

83. .

[MohRokTah]

101. .

[rug]

102. .

[MohRokTah]

104. .

[grahamhgreen]

59. He could. Instead he used the money to kill people.

[Scootaloo]

72. Curing cancer and dropping bombs are very different things.

Let me know if he manages to accomplish the former.

[MohRokTah]

73. .

[Scootaloo]

75. Don't think. Just post smileys.

Good boy.

[MohRokTah]

76. When the only response that a post deserves, always deliver the best.

[grahamhgreen]

87. When you can't argue policy, change to personal attack. Fail.

[Scootaloo]

91. Yours or mine?

'cause you were the one directly comparing bombing cities to curing cancer.

[MohRokTah]

93. Do you understand plain English? eom

[Caretha]

112. See here Scootaloo

You just don't know how to compare apples to oranges!

Think of it this way - when curing cancer, you have to kill off a lot healthy cells (think women - children - grandma - grandpa - people who had the misfortune of being in the wrong place at the wrong time) in order to get to the cancer cells (think terrorist - and more scary folks - and zombies...that's it and zombies!)

Then Wallah! The bad mean ol' cancer is gone & all the rest of the body can celebrate, well except for those folks...ur - I mean cells that lost a kid or two...ur I mean who needs all those innocent cells anyway.



Hope that helped

[Union Scribe]

84. So do you disagree that they are not the same thing? nt

[MohRokTah]

85. Do you understand plain English? eom

[Union Scribe]

88. You rolled your eyes at someone pointing out

that you laid an absurdly bad hyperbole egg. Perhaps we're not the ones mishandling English.

[MohRokTah]

89. When the only response that a post deserves, always deliver the best.

[Thinkingabout]

40. YEP, you knew they would come out soon. This situation with ISIS is NO 1 priority, if those who

have joined with ISIS returning to the US with possible strikes is of concern. CNN has gone full time on reporting. I would assume many countries have joined in this effort.

[Union Scribe]

42. I know, what's with these America-haters

being skeptical of freedom bombs? Fucking commie pinkos. Don't they know this is a site for Democrats, REAL Democrats who know that freedom isn't free and WHY DO THEY HATE CHILDREN??

[VanillaRhapsody]

44. The fact that Arab Nations feel threatened by this group and are responding and are our allies too

never crossed YOUR mind I suppose?

Took you all of what 45 minutes to come up with your criticism.....you don't even know all the facts yet...

[Union Scribe]

47. Needs more CAPS. nt

[VanillaRhapsody]

50. HERE have some.....

CAPS!

[leftstreet]

46. They're Nobel Peace Prize bombs. Dropping hope and change

Watching Democrats cheer war is stomach-turning

[MohRokTah]

49. I oppose dumb wars.

The current action is not dumb.

[VanillaRhapsody]

51. Kosovo ring any bells?

knee jerk pretend democrats make me

[morningfog]

53. Here come war crimes and dead civilians.

[VanillaRhapsody]

55. Kosovo....

[Caretha]

113. Viet Nam.....Iraq.....Afghanstan....

Your turn...and don't forget WWI &II Grenada

[VanillaRhapsody]

116. democrats vs republicans

Your turn

[Caretha]

118. I really laughed

when I read your reply, but to be honest I don't grok it.

I'll play again when you splain it to me.

[VanillaRhapsody]

119. you know exactly what it means

Read your history books. See also Dems vs Republicon on the economy ...

[Caretha]

121. Don't tell me

what I know & don't know. I'm not your abused kid, mate etc. When people get all nasty & snotty I make it a point to avoid them in the future.

Game over...

you lose.

[fadedrose]

52. I hope none of the good folks in Syria are killed . . .

or our MEN/WOMEN . . . .

Thank you for the links, Moh.

Anybody feel down in the dumps about more bombing? I am very uncomfortable watching the news.

I hope ISIS gets scared and waves white flags right now before more are killed. Yeah, like that'll happen.

I hope the President is sure that he's doing the right thing, and not just placating the brave people in the military and those out of office.

I have been at war all my life, but so have most, not all, of the planet. No wonder so many want to go to Mars.

[grahamhgreen]

57. This is what they will impeach him for.

[fadedrose]

64. Not if they get him killed first

So many creative ways . . .

[LittleBlue]

69. We've solved so many religious/ethnic conflicts with bombs

No wonder we're trying it again.

The mood really has changed since Chimpy left. Now we're pro war I guess.

[LordGlenconner]

120. Nah

Just mostly anti Obama.

[JEB]

82. Kill em. Is that our only strategy and goal. How noble.

[MohRokTah]

99. Thread updated with five Arab Nations in coalition.

Bahrain, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/23/world/middleeast/us-and-allies-hit-isis-targets-in-syria.html

[joshcryer]

105. Absolute silence on those calling for Saudi Arabia to act.

I myself am surprised Saudi Arabia is acting. I guess they could only put up a show for so long.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

110. I am moved to again ask --

how do you kill an ideology with a gun?

Same as it ever was...

[bigwillq]

114. .

[morningfog]

117. PARANOID SILLINESS!11!!!1 LOLOLOL

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5502671

[Erose999]

122. Is the military now breaking news via Twitter? WTF....

US Rear Admiral John Kirby initially confirmed the air strikes, tweeting that: "US military & partner nation forces have begun striking ISIL targets in Syria using mix of fighters, bombers and Tomahawk missiles"

Seems like starting a fucking god damn war would at least warrant a press conference?