EDIT: nevermind. Its been confirmed a US strike.
EDIT: nevermind. Its been confirmed a US strike.
Last edited by Vanoi; January 02, 2020 at 09:02 PM.
US confirms it was the one who killed them both
Well i definitely see an Iranian-American war coming now.
Aaand US just effectively killed anti-government protest movement in Iran.
Lol, we're currently here because of Iranian actions and reactions.
Step 1: Iranian proxies lob rockets at a US base in Kirkuk, killing a contractor
Step 2: US airstrikes kill 25 Iranian proxies in retaliation
Step 3: Iranian proxies try to besiege the embassy, per this thread, then fail and leave after US reinforcements are sent there
Step 4: Another US airstrike kills Qasem mothering Soleimani, one of the main masterminds behind Iran's regional strategy and head of their elite Quds Force, as well as the head of Iraqi Hezbollah (the guys who just tried to storm our embassy)
They're already down to one eye and one nut, and the new year has barely even started. How much more d'you think they're willing to risk here if they have any brains between their ears, with an opponent who has demonstrated that any punch they throw will be answered with one that's twenty-five times harder?
I hate foreign wars and I think this move was stupid.
Only funny part will be Democrats flip flopping on their recent hard on for foreign wars.
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But if the cause be not good, the king himself hath a heavy reckoning to make, when all those legs and arms and heads, chopped off in battle, shall join together at the latter day and cry all 'We died at such a place; some swearing, some crying for surgeon, some upon their wives left poor behind them, some upon the debts they owe, some upon their children rawly left.
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All around the mulberry bush. The monkey chased the weasel. The monkey thought 'twas all in fun. Pop! goes the weasel.
This puts Iran on notice that we are not putzing around this administration. This is what happened with Isis when he first took over. Lets these asses know that the ones giving the orders are not safe and we will kill them like any other terrorist leader. This does more to prevent war than just having grunts fight and die. None of these leaders can be stupid enough to think they can win, and I doubt many are up to die for Allah in a blaze of glory.
This isn't an election year ploy, but I know how some people think.
Iran's best hope is a Democrat win. Hell can anyone even fathom Sanders in this situation doing anything useful?
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Lol prevent war? Is that what you are really telling yourself? You seriously think Iran isn't going to retaliate?
More prophetic projection.
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Yep whacking a key figure in Iran is so going to make them what want to hold hands and exchange beautiful letters. Oh wait how is that working out with North Korea? Maybe Sanders would not actually care and not be close buds with the grotesque house of Saud and we really would not need to care or have not launched the war that caused this problem and then ran beyond poorly. Close your eyes phier and maybe you can forget the GBjt admin never existed and wasted the US windfall of winning the cold war.
IN PATROCINIVM SVB Dromikaites
'One day when I fly with my hands - up down the sky, like a bird'
But if the cause be not good, the king himself hath a heavy reckoning to make, when all those legs and arms and heads, chopped off in battle, shall join together at the latter day and cry all 'We died at such a place; some swearing, some crying for surgeon, some upon their wives left poor behind them, some upon the debts they owe, some upon their children rawly left.
Hyperides of Athens: We know, replied he, that Antipater is good, but we (the Demos of Athens) have no need of a master at present, even a good one.
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"When I die, I want to die peacefully in my sleep, like Fidel Castro, not screaming in terror, like his victims."
My shameful truth.
Anything is possible, but a direct war with the US seems unlikely. More likely Iran will target US allies and maybe US personnel in the region. There's a nonzero chance they'll hit targets in the US, too. Trump could escalate it into all-out war, but it's just very poor timing for that right now.
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