TRUMP HITS 'THOSE THREE COUNTRIES' (SYRIA, IRAN, RUSSIA), SAYS ISLAMIC STATE AMERICA'S SYRIAN TARGET

........what Russia and what Iran and what Syria have done recently is a humanitarian disgrace.   I will tell you that.   We're there for one reason, we're there to get ISIS and get rid of ISIS and go home.  We're not there for any other reason and we've largely accomplished our goal.   But what those three countries have done to people over the last short period of time is a disgrace...."

President Donald J. Trump joint news conference with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull  2/23/2018

Speaking late Friday in Washington, President Trump took aim at Syria's government and nations allied with it (Iran, Russia) for the conduct of the war against rebel forces in the "Ghouta pocket" on the east side of  Damascus.

Groups sympathetic to jihadist forces fighting the Syrian regime say there are hundreds dead and many more injured in the government offensive, aimed at pockets in the metropolitan area of the Syrian capital mostly occupied by Al-Qaeda type units along with some Islamic State elements.

President Trump also stated that the goal of the United States in Syria is to fight Islamic State and to "go home".

The United Nations Security Council was able to pass a unanimous resolution late Saturday (February 24th) calling for a 30-day cease fire in Syria, but at the insistence of Russia the cease fire excludes Al-Qaeda, Islamic State and other groups designated as terrorists.

The US, France and other nations had called for the 30 day cease fire citing the situation in the Ghouta pocket to allow medical evacuations and deliveries of aid.

United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley accused Russia of delaying the resolution and said: "In the three days that it took us to adopt this resolution, how many mothers lost their kids to the bombing and shelling.?"

Attacks continued after the cease fire resolution was approved.  More shelling was reported in the Ghouta pocket with Iran saying it will continue to fight 'terrorists' and there are reports of ground attacks along with the shelling in the area.

Meanwhile, Peter Hitchens commented on the Syrian situation in a paragraph in his lengthy column this weekend.

"Just bear in mind as you read the latest propaganda from Syria--always beautifully composed pictures of wounded children in the arms of gentle, unarmed young men--that the "rebels" and "activists" in the suburbs of Damascus are the people we used to call Al Qaeda.  That is, they are the ones who blew up the Twin Towers.  But Al Qaeda has now got some very good spin doctors, and they're trying to spin you.  I urge you to resist."

Peter Hitchens column 2/25/2018

Video link to Trump comments below with link to Peter Hitchens column also....

President Trump 2/23/2018 Syria Comments at :12

Peter Hitchens Column (paragraph is second to last at bottom)

(EDITED WITH LATE DETAILS SUNDAY FEBRUARY 25TH)