World War 3: General reveal TRUE extent of Trump's military might as Syria tensions SOAR
DONALD TRUMP has the military capacity ready to take on Syria, a retired US Army General warned as the US military manoeuvres its assets in the eastern Mediterranean.
US General: We have the military power to strike Syria
Donald Trump already has the military capacity in Europe to invade Syria if necessary, warned US General Anthony Tata, who added there is a “moral responsibility” to stop conflict.
Retired US Army General Tata told Fox News that the United States had deployed another aircraft strike group, the USS Harry S. Truman, as tensions in the region continue to soar.
He said: “It entered the Mediterranean yesterday as part of our information war put out through the media and that gives us two carrier strike groups in the region that can provide military aircraft.
"We also have airbases all around Europe that can provide B1 or B2 bombers, whatever we need and they have the capability to avoid radar.
You have got to get passed the radars as you’ve got to target the chemical stock piles and I would continue after to target the delivery means
“You have got to get past the radars as you’ve got to target the chemical stockpiles, and I would continue to target the delivery means, the airforce, the helicopters, and the artillery tubes.”
The US and its allies, including the UK, are now considering whether to strike Syria over a suspected poison gas attack that medical relief organisations say killed dozens of people in the rebel-held town of Douma near Damascus on Saturday.
It comes after Russia and the US blocked attempts by each other in the UN Security Council on Tuesday to set up international investigations into chemical weapons attacks in Syria.
General Tata added: “The deconfliction of airspace is one of the things that you really have a moral responsibility to do because there is a lot of civilian airliner traffic that cross these areas.
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“If we do not work in concert with our allies to put out the information then of course we could have needless casualties.
“This is part of that diplomatic piece that is happening up front where we are cleaning up the battlefield so our soldiers, sailors, can do whatever is necessary.
“I might remind everybody that our national security strategy calls for prohibition of chemical weapons and weapons of mass destruction and an international order based on the rule of law.
“These are two things that are fundamental and have been for decades in our national security strategy and we must do something.”