Foxx Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 https://twitter.com/hahussain/status/1213868531877662721 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 42 minutes ago, 3rdnlng said: Everyone that was here back at that time knows that you laughed out loud at the deaths of Americans during the Benghazi killings. You've been getting criticized for it for 7+ years and now think you can just laugh that off too? How does it feel to be named Least Patriotic American every year since then? lie You lie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warren Zevon Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 8 minutes ago, Tiberius said: lie You lie Why do you bother with 3th thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Thanks to Trump, the Forty-Year Appeasement of Iran Is Over by E. Jeffrey Ludwig Original Article The assassination of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani is an unusual, possibly aberrant, event. The killing of this individual leader of a sovereign state may lead to all-out war between Iran and the U.S. — or, on the other hand, the assassination may bring an end to the cycle of Iranian violence countered by U.S. and world diplomatic flatulence and appeasement. (snip) the Iranians have been in an undeclared war with the U.S. since the ayatollahs and their religiously inspired and power-mad henchmen took over the reins of government from the despotic but pro-American Shah in the seventies. . 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 2 minutes ago, B-Man said: Thanks to Trump, the Forty-Year Appeasement of Iran Is Over by E. Jeffrey Ludwig Original Article The assassination of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani is an unusual, possibly aberrant, event. The killing of this individual leader of a sovereign state may lead to all-out war between Iran and the U.S. — or, on the other hand, the assassination may bring an end to the cycle of Iranian violence countered by U.S. and world diplomatic flatulence and appeasement. (snip) the Iranians have been in an undeclared war with the U.S. since the ayatollahs and their religiously inspired and power-mad henchmen took over the reins of government from the despotic but pro-American Shah in the seventies. . It might bring about the end of American troops in Iraq. The Iraqis want us out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Contrary To Iran Deal Talking Points, There’s Something Between Appeasement and War by Erielle Davidson Original Article Erupting first with concerns over an imminent “World War III” and a fast-impending military draft, social media reactions to the killing of Quds Force Commander Qassam Soleimani last Friday have looked like a funhouse of hysteria. The media appears to be leading the charge, frantically egging the Iranian regime to retaliate through utterly fantastical predictions of what comes next. Much of this hyperbolic reporting stems from the fact that the very thesis of the Iran Deal — and years of Ben Rhodes-generated talking points — are being thoroughly tested. (Snip) our media shows scant interest in the massive area that lies between all-out-war and appeasement and surrender. . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 4 minutes ago, Gary Busey said: Why do you bother with 3th thing? I dunno Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 3 minutes ago, Tiberius said: I dunno 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 BUT ALL THE VERY BEST PEOPLE ASSURED ME IT WAS WWIII OR SOMETHING: ? Top commander’s assassination leaves Iran with very few options to retaliate. . 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 ANALYSIS: TRUE. Related: How Team Obama Justifies The Killing of a 16-year-old American. . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Iran Ends Commitment to Nuclear Deal It Never Abided By in The First Place. Obama’s deal with Iran gave the Mullahs almost everything they wanted up front, in exchange for weak promises to do a better job of hiding their nuclear ambitions in the future. Related: Iran Ending Nuclear Deal Commitments – Why It Doesn’t Matter. . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 the poor people coerced into their military will surrender by the 100s of thousands at the first sign of US engagement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedge Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 15 hours ago, Gary Busey said: This one actually made me laugh, but only because of how insanely idiotic it is. The Left, forgetting their central tenet of not believing anything President Trump says, showing Trump using the phrase “believe me” and them wanting to believe it. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 TRUMP’S SIN: CONDUCTING FOREIGN POLICY WITHOUT PERMISSION Over at Instapundit, Glenn Reynolds posted an interesting message from a Facebook friend who wishes to remain anonymous. Here’s the relevant part: Following the death of Soleimani, it seems like nearly the entire DC / academia / journo natsec/forpol commentariat has penned variations on exactly the same essay: the President has acted hastily, has no plan, and isn’t capable of envisioning or handling what happens next. The template was established by Ben Rhodes on Twitter a few hours after an MQ-9 Reaper shot a Hellfire missile directly into his professional legacy, and it hasn’t varied much since. . . What nearly the entire DC / academia / journo natsec/forpol commentariat actually means by its critique, though, is that they weren’t included in any of this. This instantly reminded me of an observation the late great political scientist Aaron Wildavsky made way back in 1986 over the uproar over Reagan’s failed disarmament deal at the Reykjavik summit with Gorbachev. If you are old enough you may recall the foreign policy establishment/media freakout, which was, however, contradictory. How could Reagan have been so stubborn as to refuse to give up his fanciful “Star Wars” missile defense scheme in exchange for near-total nuclear disarmament, and how could Reagan be so reckless as to have gone along with a rapid and potentially destabilizing disarmament scheme without consulting our allies? Wildavsky, a sophisticated and pathbreaking political scientist, thought the matter quite simple: The contempt hurled at President Reagan over the principles nearly agreed to at Reykjavik reveal the intellectual bankruptcy of his critics. . . One cannot but feel that much of the violent reaction to Reykjavik had no more substantial basis than the extreme pique felt by arms control intellectuals at not being consulted in advance. That was Ronald Reagan’s real sin in Iceland. For what, after all, was wrong with Reykjavik except that it lacked the imprimatur of the foreign policy establishment? I tend to think the “deep state” talk is overdone (and is also distinct from the deeper constitutional problem expressed in the similar phrase “the administrative state”), but in this instance it might well be the right way to think about the freakout the foreign policy community is having over Trump’s decision to kill Soleimani. Trump didn’t have their permission! https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2020/01/trumps-sin-conducting-foreign-policy-without-permission.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 11 minutes ago, row_33 said: the poor people coerced into their military will surrender by the 100s of thousands at the first sign of US engagement Who will they surrender to, aircraft? Drones? Missiles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 6 minutes ago, 3rdnlng said: Who will they surrender to, aircraft? Drones? Missiles? anything possible the first second they can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 1 minute ago, row_33 said: anything possible the first second they can Well, it won't be to troops on the ground. Our issues with Iran don't come from any desire to conquer them but a desire to get them to change their ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RochesterRob Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 1 hour ago, Tiberius said: It might bring about the end of American troops in Iraq. The Iraqis want us out Are you eligible for the draft should one be called? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 6 minutes ago, RochesterRob said: Are you eligible for the draft should one be called? He's high on the list for assignment to the Cannon Fodder Brigade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 8 minutes ago, RochesterRob said: Are you eligible for the draft should one be called? i declare Tibs 1-A status to go over there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RochesterRob Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 4 minutes ago, 3rdnlng said: He's high on the list for assignment to the Cannon Fodder Brigade. They are called PID's now. Projectile Interception Device(s). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 6 minutes ago, RochesterRob said: They are called PID's now. Projectile Interception Device(s). Maybe so, but I wanted to fit the word "fodder" in there. Been waiting for some time to use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 back to the thread............. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 they all cheered when AJ Soprano got rid of the 3 kids making too much noise outside his GF's apartment, by giving them his bike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Doc Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 24 minutes ago, B-Man said: No First Qlass? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 5 minutes ago, Doc said: No First Class ? No Kosher meal ? . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 7 minutes ago, Doc said: No First Qlass? No class at all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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B-Man Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 “Proportionality” is a sucker’s game. Our goal should be pain. Screw with America and we hurt you, mullahs. Personally. Not just the idiots who do your dirty work. You and your toys. -@KurtSchlichter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdutton Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 3 minutes ago, B-Man said: “Proportionality” is a sucker’s game. Our goal should be pain. Screw with America and we hurt you, mullahs. Personally. Not just the idiots who do your dirty work. You and your toys. -@KurtSchlichter The "Chicago Way"... put one of ours in the hospital, we put one of theirs in the morgue. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 (edited) At least he was respectful enough to remain seated until everyone else ahead of him could deplane. ADDED: IT LOOKS LIKE LEGROOM WASN’T MUCH OF AN ISSUE . Edited January 6, 2020 by B-Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Capco Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 U.S.-led coalition says it will withdraw from Iraq -letter BAGHDAD, Jan 6 (Reuters) - The United States-led military coalition against Islamic State said on Monday that it was pulling out of Iraq and would be repositioning forces over the next few days and weeks, a letter seen by Reuters showed. "Sir, in deference to the sovereignty of the Republic of Iraq, and as requested by the Iraqi Parliament and the Prime Minister, CJTF-OIR will be repositioning forces over the course of the coming days and weeks to prepare for onward movement," read a letter from United States Marine Corps Brigadier General William H. Seely III, the commanding general of Task Force Iraq. The authenticity of the letter, which was addressed to the Iraqi defence ministry's Combined Joint Operations Baghdad, was confirmed to Reuters independently by an Iraqi military source. "We respect your sovereign decision to order our departure," it said. (Reporting by Ahmed Aboulenein Editing by Chizu Nomiyama) http://news.trust.org/item/20200106193750-gbx3f/ 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxx Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Capco said: U.S.-led coalition says it will withdraw from Iraq -letter BAGHDAD, Jan 6 (Reuters) - The United States-led military coalition against Islamic State said on Monday that it was pulling out of Iraq and would be repositioning forces over the next few days and weeks, a letter seen by Reuters showed. "Sir, in deference to the sovereignty of the Republic of Iraq, and as requested by the Iraqi Parliament and the Prime Minister, CJTF-OIR will be repositioning forces over the course of the coming days and weeks to prepare for onward movement," read a letter from United States Marine Corps Brigadier General William H. Seely III, the commanding general of Task Force Iraq. The authenticity of the letter, which was addressed to the Iraqi defence ministry's Combined Joint Operations Baghdad, was confirmed to Reuters independently by an Iraqi military source. "We respect your sovereign decision to order our departure," it said. (Reporting by Ahmed Aboulenein Editing by Chizu Nomiyama) http://news.trust.org/item/20200106193750-gbx3f/ Edited January 6, 2020 by Foxx 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 3 minutes ago, Foxx said: Iraqi Sunnis are going to be shitting bricks over this. 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Foxx Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 8 minutes ago, DC Tom said: Iraqi Sunnis are going to be shitting bricks over this. Trump is playing his 5D chess again. he is really putting them in an awkward position. i don't think the Iraqi's are stupid enough to really want us to leave. as the referendum they passed earlier was non-binding and as such, merely symbolic in my estimation. they have to know that if we leave, they are essentially handing the country over to Iran. plus there is also another factor to consider here... if we leave, we ruin any route we currently have to Syria. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GG Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 8 minutes ago, Hedge said: Do large troop repositions occur at night? Or is this a convenient way to get more attack helicopters into the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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