Tiberius Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 Quote The top British general in the US-led coalition against Isis has said there is no increased threat from Iranian-backed forces in Iraq or Syria, directly contradicting US assertions used to justify a military buildup in the region. Hours later however, his assessment was disowned by US Central Command in an extraordinary rebuke of an allied senior officer. A spokesman insisted that the troops in Iraq and Syria were on a high level of alert due to the alleged Iranian threat. The conflicting versions of the reality on the ground added to the confusion and mixed signals in a tense part of the Middle East. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/may/14/no-iran-threat-in-syria-or-iraq-says-top-british-officer-in-defiance-of-us ginning up a war? 8 hours ago, Deranged Rhino said: They'll be fine. This is what they want as much as what the world needs. (for clarity the bottom picture is a joke -- since there are those who lack senses of humor) Trump's going to bring peace and prosperity to Iran? Ha ha ha! He can't even keep staff in his own WH! He still doesn't even have a Defense Secretary but he will create a modern Iran. Ya sure! This is wag the dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deranged Rhino Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 8 minutes ago, Tiberius said: Trump's going to bring peace and prosperity to Iran? Ha ha ha! He can't even keep staff in his own WH! He still doesn't even have a Defense Secretary but he will create a modern Iran. Ya sure! This is wag the dog. Not Trump. The people of Iran are doing it themselves. (With some assistance -- from multiple western allies.) Iran, post Mullahs and their proxies, is key to any hope of long term stability in the region. If there's ever to be stability there, true peace, it has to come from within. The Iranian people are on the precipice of getting their country back from the extremists without the need for an outside intervention (war/"peace keeping"/regime building). We should be supporting their cause -- because it's our cause too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 23 minutes ago, njbuff said: The only good Iran is an Iran that doesn't exist. Don't we remember them chanting "Death to America"? The people are good, it’s the theocracy running the country That is horrific Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 “We are aware of their presence clearly and we monitor them along with a whole range of others because of the environment we are in,” General Ghika said. But he said, “No, there has been no increased threat from Iranian-backed forces in Iraq or Syria.” Intelligence and military officials in Europe as well as in the United States said that over the past year, most aggressive moves have originated not in Tehran, but in Washington — where John R. Bolton, the national security adviser, has prodded President Trump into backing Iran into a corner. One American official, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss confidential internal planning, said the new intelligence of an increased Iranian threat was “small stuff” and did not merit the military planning being driven by Mr. Bolton. The official also said the ultimate goal of the yearlong economic sanctions campaign by the Trump administration was to draw Iran into an armed conflict with the United States. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/14/world/middleeast/trump-iran-threats.html?action=click&module=Top Stories&pgtype=Homepage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 18 hours ago, Deranged Rhino said: They'll be fine. This is what they want as much as what the world needs. (for clarity the bottom picture is a joke -- since there are those who lack senses of humor) I love the ring wraith walking his little doggy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 9 hours ago, Deranged Rhino said: Not Trump. The people of Iran are doing it themselves. (With some assistance -- from multiple western allies.) Iran, post Mullahs and their proxies, is key to any hope of long term stability in the region. If there's ever to be stability there, true peace, it has to come from within. The Iranian people are on the precipice of getting their country back from the extremists without the need for an outside intervention (war/"peace keeping"/regime building). We should be supporting their cause -- because it's our cause too. Dislodging an entrenched government isn't something you do easily. And a hundred thousand troops means nothing. What's the point? Are we going to invade or just bomb them? The Iranian people are in no position to throw off their oppressors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 38 minutes ago, Tiberius said: Dislodging an entrenched government isn't something you do easily. And a hundred thousand troops means nothing. What's the point? Are we going to invade or just bomb them? The Iranian people are in no position to throw off their oppressors Nobody is trying to do that. It's already been explained to you that Iran has a government separate from the Mullahs. Are you incapable of learning...………………………………………………………………………………………………………..anything? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q-baby! Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 23 minutes ago, 3rdnlng said: Nobody is trying to do that. It's already been explained to you that Iran has a government separate from the Mullahs. Are you incapable of learning...………………………………………………………………………………………………………..anything? Look at you pretending to know stuff. Just shut up and read. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 25 minutes ago, 3rdnlng said: Nobody is trying to do that. It's already been explained to you that Iran has a government separate from the Mullahs. Are you incapable of learning...………………………………………………………………………………………………………..anything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacka Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 1 hour ago, Tiberius said: Dislodging an entrenched government isn't something you do easily. That's why Trump is taking his time cleaning out the swamp. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 38 minutes ago, Tiberius said: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 14 minutes ago, Wacka said: That's why Trump is taking his time cleaning out the swamp. Newsflash: Trump is an idiot and is the biggest, most corrupt swamp creature ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koko78 Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 2 hours ago, /dev/null said: I love the ring wraith walking his little doggy What do you want? Even the pets of evil undead wraiths have to crap somewhere! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 2 hours ago, /dev/null said: I love the ring wraith walking his little doggy It's a Lhasa Apso. Which makes sense, since those things are evil. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 2 minutes ago, DC Tom said: It's a Lhasa Apso. Which makes sense, since those things are evil. What's going on Tom? What's your opinion of this Iran stuff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 6 minutes ago, Tiberius said: What's going on Tom? What's your opinion of this Iran stuff? What gives you the right to ask questions when you don't/can't answer any yourself? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 5 minutes ago, 3rdnlng said: What gives you the right to ask questions when you don't/can't answer any yourself? Amen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q-baby! Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 27 minutes ago, 3rdnlng said: What gives you the right to ask questions when you don't/can't answer any yourself? You the internet police? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deranged Rhino Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 https://mobile.twitter.com/BreakingNLive/status/1128651487821930497 Non essential embassy personnel being evacuated. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 53 minutes ago, Tiberius said: What's going on Tom? What's your opinion of this Iran stuff? Same as my opinion on everything else: you're an idiot, ***** off. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 50 minutes ago, 3rdnlng said: What gives you the right to ask questions when you don't/can't answer any yourself? I answer questions all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRC Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 Just now, Tiberius said: I answer questions all the time. Just not the ones that are asked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 3 minutes ago, DC Tom said: Same as my opinion on everything else: you're an idiot, ***** off. That's basically it for you, for sure. Just now, KRC said: Just not the ones that are asked. Liar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRC Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 18 minutes ago, Tiberius said: Liar. Lying about lying. Typical for you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 U.S. orders ‘non-emergency’ employees to leave Iraq amid soaring tensions with Iran The Trump administration has accused Iran of supporting “imminent attacks” on U.S. personnel in the region but has provided no details or evidence. By Louisa Loveluck 1 hour ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 1 hour ago, Deranged Rhino said: https://mobile.twitter.com/BreakingNLive/status/1128651487821930497 Non essential embassy personnel being evacuated. Thanks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q-baby! Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 More war! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 1 hour ago, Tiberius said: I answer questions all the time. I'm sure you answer your momma when she asks you if you wiped, washed your hands and turned the bathroom fan on. Other than that, if you don't skirt around questions here you just flat out ignore them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 24 minutes ago, 3rdnlng said: I'm sure you answer your momma when she asks you if you wiped, washed your hands and turned the bathroom fan on. Other than that, if you don't skirt around questions here you just flat out ignore them. I get asked so much I can't answer all the questions, many of which are just silly questions based upon Trumpian propaganda. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 2 minutes ago, Tiberius said: I get asked so much I can't answer all the questions, many of which are just silly questions based upon Trumpian propaganda. Maybe if your mother could trust you she wouldn't have to ask all those questions whenever you take a dump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 Just now, 3rdnlng said: Maybe if your mother could trust you she wouldn't have to ask all those questions whenever you take a dump. You Trump supporters are know nothings. That's why you need to start talking about people's mothers. What a friggin total loser you are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q-baby! Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 3 minutes ago, 3rdnlng said: Maybe if your mother could trust you she wouldn't have to ask all those questions whenever you take a dump. You take quite an interest in his dumps. Looking for long lost family members? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 1 minute ago, Tiberius said: You Trump supporters are know nothings. That's why you need to start talking about people's mothers. What a friggin total loser you are. I sympathize with your mother. Does she also have to remind you to wash your hands before dinner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpberr Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 1 hour ago, Tiberius said: U.S. orders ‘non-emergency’ employees to leave Iraq amid soaring tensions with Iran The Trump administration has accused Iran of supporting “imminent attacks” on U.S. personnel in the region but has provided no details or evidence. By Louisa Loveluck 1 hour ago The Iranians don't strike me as irrational Jihadists. Even in the worst case sceario of the Iranians pulling off some sort of Tet offensive and catching us off guard in Baghdad (taking hostages) and/or in the Strait (sinking a ship), to what end? Where is the victory in that for them? I think the price for that would be the complete dismantling of their military and infrastructure by the US Navy and Air Force and giving the Israelis and Saudis a green light to wipe out all their proxies by any means they deem fit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 9 minutes ago, dpberr said: The Iranians don't strike me as irrational Jihadists. Even in the worst case sceario of the Iranians pulling off some sort of Tet offensive and catching us off guard in Baghdad (taking hostages) and/or in the Strait (sinking a ship), to what end? Where is the victory in that for them? I think the price for that would be the complete dismantling of their military and infrastructure by the US Navy and Air Force and giving the Israelis and Saudis a green light to wipe out all their proxies by any means they deem fit. You're espousing a Clausewitzian view in a non-Clauswitzean world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koko78 Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 25 minutes ago, dpberr said: The Iranians don't strike me as irrational Jihadists. Even in the worst case sceario of the Iranians pulling off some sort of Tet offensive and catching us off guard in Baghdad (taking hostages) and/or in the Strait (sinking a ship), to what end? Where is the victory in that for them? I think the price for that would be the complete dismantling of their military and infrastructure by the US Navy and Air Force and giving the Israelis and Saudis a green light to wipe out all their proxies by any means they deem fit. My guess is that if Iran can use their proxies to provoke a military response from us, short of a full US-led invasion, the mullahs can rally the Iranians around the flag as being attacked by the Great Satan for no reason, and save their asses from being overthrown by those very same Iranians. Having a few military positions bombed, or one (or more) of their attack boats sunk, would probably be sufficient. They're asswhole Persians, not suicidal jihadi Arabs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 28 minutes ago, Koko78 said: My guess is that if Iran can use their proxies to provoke a military response from us, short of a full US-led invasion, the mullahs can rally the Iranians around the flag as being attacked by the Great Satan for no reason, and save their asses from being overthrown by those very same Iranians. Having a few military positions bombed, or one (or more) of their attack boats sunk, would probably be sufficient. They're asswhole Persians, not suicidal jihadi Arabs. Or maybe they are not doing anything really different and Trump and Co. are just ginning up an excuse for rallying Americans around the flag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deranged Rhino Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 Just now, Tiberius said: Or maybe they are not doing anything really different and Trump and Co. are just ginning up an excuse for rallying Americans around the flag. When in doubt, defend killers, rapists, and terrorists instead of the USA... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 2 minutes ago, Deranged Rhino said: When in doubt, defend killers, rapists, and terrorists instead of the USA... LOL, why bring up Putin and Saudis now??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deranged Rhino Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 Just now, Tiberius said: LOL, why bring up Putin and Saudis now??? The Mullahs have killed more Americans and innocent Muslims than either of those two combined. But details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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