The Patriot Post® · Airstrikes in Syria, Day Two

U.S. airstrikes continued in Syria Wednesday, as our combat-booted airmen bombed ISIL targets. According to CNN, the U.S. was “targeting what a Pentagon official described as mobile oil refineries being used by the so-called Islamic State terror group to help finance its operations.” Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby said, “We are very confident we hit what we were aiming at, and we caused the damage we wanted.” Meanwhile, reports The Washington Post, “U.S. missile strikes against an obscure al-Qaeda cell in Syria killed at least one of the group’s leaders, delivering what U.S. officials described as a significant but not decisive blow to a terrorist group accused of plotting attacks against Europe and the United States.” However, Barack Obama points to Yemen as his model for success. Today, Yemen is in the midst of a civil war and is a hardly worth repeating.