Teddy KGB Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedge Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 (edited) It's apparently a turkey shoot in Iraq right now, as one of the strikes today was apparently not launched by the US: I would have to think that Israel is the best guess, if true. They already know that they will be in the line of reprisal fire after Soleimani got barbecued. I am assuming the denial is referring to this: Edited January 4, 2020 by Hedge 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koko78 Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 49 minutes ago, Hedge said: It's apparently a turkey shoot in Iraq right now, as one of the strikes today was apparently not launched by the US: I would have to think that Israel is the best guess, if true. They already know that they will be in the line of reprisal fire after Soleimani got barbecued. I am assuming the denial is referring to this: Maybe it's the Iraqis (or elements of their military tired of being beholden to the Iranian militias)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedge Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 Quote JERUSALEM — Israel had advance notice of the U.S. plan to kill Iranian military leader Gen. Qassem Suleimani, Israeli military and diplomatic analysts reported Friday night while refraining from providing further details due to heavy military censorship. “Our assessment is that the United States informed Israel about this operation in Iraq, apparently a few days ago,” Barak Ravid, a journalist and commentator with deep sources in the Israeli security establishment, said on Channel 13. An Israeli army officer with knowledge of Israeli military assessments, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he did not have permission to speak to reporters, told the Los Angeles Times that the attack on Suleimani “did not come as a surprise.” 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 (edited) Blame America first blame Israel second Edited January 4, 2020 by row_33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdutton Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxx Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 here's a theory i haven't yet seen. click image to be taken to the thread on quodverum 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TakeYouToTasker Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 4 minutes ago, Foxx said: here's a theory i haven't yet seen. click image to be taken to the thread on quodverum This is absolutely fascinating. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRC Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 14 hours ago, DC Tom said: He stole my line... I also hear that people call others idiots on Twitter. You may want to get a lawyer and sue for copyright infringement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxx Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 16 hours ago, John Adams said: Not a good analogy. Iran's military is hardly a headless snake today for the killing of one bad guy. If only it was that simple. https://twitter.com/LeeSmithDC/status/1213220417558716417 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4merper4mer Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 28 minutes ago, Foxx said: here's a theory i haven't yet seen. click image to be taken to the thread on quodverum If one reads that carefully, and it needn't be very carefully, his theory refutes itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxx Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 https://twitter.com/SteveGuest/status/1213114263616786434 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTimeAFLGuy Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 10 hours ago, Teddy KGB said: ....depending upon where THAT lands, you may not be able to hear your stereo........... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo_Gal Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 Liberal responses: Here are the main candidates: 1. It will provoke Iran. Well, maybe. But Iran has been at war with us for 40 years; we’ve mostly chosen to pretend otherwise. Iran’s top priority is wrecking our presence in the mideast, and then eventually destroying America. This doesn’t change that. At most it might make them spring an operation earlier than they had planned, which is as likely to do them harm as it is to do anything. 2. It increases the risk of war. We’re already at war, see above. If anything, it makes Iran look weak, which hurts them in the region and gives domestic rebels heart and momentum. (See: ‘Overthrow is within reach’: Leader of Iranian resistance group hails death of Qassem Soleimani.) 3. It was illegal because there was no congressional authorization. Pretty hard to take that argument seriously in 2019, but at any rate Soleimani orchestrated an attack on the U.S. Embassy in Iraq, which is for these purposes an attack on American soil. (Even the governor of a state is allowed by the Constitution to wage war without Congressional authorization when actually attacked.) Besides which, we have a Congressional authorization for use of military force in Iraq, and this is covered by its exceedingly broad terms. Also, it’s reported that he had a large anti-American operation in the works. 4. We can’t know the ramifications. That’s true. But that’s also true of not acting. Unintended consequences rule in the sphere of government action, but you can’t base your policy choices on not having any 5. Orange Man Bad. To be honest, this seems to be the real objection. It’s a stupid one. . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedge Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 Looks like something Gary would do. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koko78 Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 38 minutes ago, Hedge said: Looks like something Gary would do. Those bastards! They've defaced the Federal Depository Library Program website!!! They must all die now... or would all have to die if I knew what the ***** the Federal Depository Library Program was. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 OK, you got us good Iran. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 7 minutes ago, Koko78 said: Those bastards! They've defaced the Federal Depository Library Program website!!! They must all die now... or would all have to die if I knew what the ***** the Federal Depository Library Program was. Bit of a conundrum for our Leftys. Iran committed a cyber attack against a Federal agency. But if there's one thing Progressives love, it's Federal agencies I'd ask what our resident lazy government worker thinks about this, but nobody cares what EII thinks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedge Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 (edited) Edited January 5, 2020 by Hedge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedge Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 (edited) Interesting timing. 1) Kenya: It's my understanding that Al-Shabab is aligned with al-Qaeda, but there is a history of both working with Iran. According to this site they have received funding from Iran. And: Iran is new transit point for Somali charcoal in illicit trade taxed by militants: U.N. report Quote Criminal networks are using Iran as a transit point for illicit Somali charcoal exports that earn Islamist militants al Shabaab millions of dollars annually in tax, U.N. sanctions monitors said in a report seen by Reuters. And a history of Iran's relationship with al-Qaeda: Marriage of Convenience: The Evolution of Iran and al-Qa`ida’s Tactical Cooperation -------------------------------------------------------------- 2) Somalia: -------------------------------------------------------------- Update: I did find that the US hit this group a few days ago, so it may be a response to that. US Airstrikes Kill 4 Terrorists in Somalia Quote 01/02/20: Four members of the al-Shabab terror group were killed in three airstrikes in Somalia on Dec. 29, 2019, according to US Africa Command. .... The US military conducted a total of five strikes against al-Shabab in Somalia in December, killing six militants. Further update: Edited January 5, 2020 by Hedge 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedge Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 (edited) Edited January 5, 2020 by Hedge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedge Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 (edited) Edited January 5, 2020 by Hedge 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob's House Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 I've been slow to form an opinion on this Iran situation because I don't have enough information to make an objective assessment, but seeing that every brain dead shitstain who's been consistently wrong about damn near everything for years is up in arms over it makes me think it might not be so bad. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedge Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 (edited) Note the third tweet. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Edited January 5, 2020 by Hedge 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxx Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 https://twitter.com/Raven_Shaven/status/1213639779356512256 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 6 hours ago, Rob's House said: I've been slow to form an opinion on this Iran situation because I don't have enough information to make an objective assessment, but seeing that every brain dead shitstain who's been consistently wrong about damn near everything for years is up in arms over it makes me think it might not be so bad. Yes, but when it comes right down to it, it's about the Iranian chicks. right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxx Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 https://twitter.com/TheNationalUAE/status/1213831047860957184 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxx Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 https://twitter.com/AlSuraEnglish/status/1213832862576697345 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q-baby! Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 1 hour ago, 3rdnlng said: Yes, but when it comes right down to it, it's about the Iranian chicks. right? You wish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koko78 Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 27 minutes ago, Foxx said: https://twitter.com/TheNationalUAE/status/1213831047860957184 Cool, end all foreign aid to them as well. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaMilBill Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 1 hour ago, Foxx said: https://twitter.com/TheNationalUAE/status/1213831047860957184 So now ISIS or some other group will overrun their inept government and military if the US is actually booted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 11 hours ago, Hedge said: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedge Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxx Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 (edited) the Shiite Crescent not that i am any great historical buff or anything but i do remember being taught that the balance of Sunni and Shiites helped to keep the ME from going over the proverbial cliff in any one direction. Iran taking over Iraq via their PM stooge is probably not a very good thing. many things could change before the time to actually leave comes though. Edited January 5, 2020 by Foxx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Goat Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 (edited) The same dolts who thought "impeachment" meant removal from office are cheering this non-binding vote. Edited January 5, 2020 by Golden Goat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedge Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 How long before Bloomberg has Eli Lake fired? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 When a liberal talks about the takeout, don’t listen until they say BUT, and then they will tell the truth on how they hate anything decent that other people have Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deranged Rhino Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts