Biff_Poindexter
Diamond Member
Does going tit for tat with Iran help us get out of Iraq sooner??Trump is not so powerful yet that the Department of Defense is his puppet. I do not believe that. This is what was released. Trump and his henchmen can expound as they will, but this is what it was based on.What makes you say that? Because you hate Trump?There was no imminent threat.
I don't believe there was an imminent threat.
All trump does is lie. Pompeo has lied about the call trump made to Zelensky in July.
Both men are proven liars.
If trump had not spent the last 4 years lying through his teeth about everything, I wouldn't doubt his word.
When asked for proof of their claims, pompeo refuses to provide it. If there was proof he would have provided it when asked.
Finally it's being reported that the general was there on diplomatic business to discuss peace with Saudi Arabia.
This whole thing stinks to high heaven. If it was just trump and his cohorts who had to deal with the consequences of this most people wouldn't care. But it's innocent people who are going to die or be harmed because of this.
Interestingly, the wording doesn't actually pinpoint any specific future attack, or imminent threat, so you are technically right. However, I don't see that minor detail--of the latest plan not being quite ready--as a great reason to hold off blowing the bastard up.
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Statement by the Department of Defense
JAN. 2, 2020
At the direction of the President, the U.S. military has taken decisive defensive action to protect U.S. personnel abroad by killing Qasem Soleimani, the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force, a U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization.
General Soleimani was actively developing plans to attack American diplomats and service members in Iraq and throughout the region. General Soleimani and his Quds Force were responsible for the deaths of hundreds of American and coalition service members and the wounding of thousands more. He had orchestrated attacks on coalition bases in Iraq over the last several months – including the attack on December 27th – culminating in the death and wounding of additional American and Iraqi personnel. General Soleimani also approved the attacks on the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad that took place this week.
This strike was aimed at deterring future Iranian attack plans. The United States will continue to take all necessary action to protect our people and our interests wherever they are around the world.
IMHO, the attack and killing of Soleimani was, more than anything else, a direct message to Iran: DON'T FUCK WITH US. From here on out, it's going to be tit for tat, we're going hit you back if you hit us, and we can hit harder. I do not know what Iran's next move is, or what the US might do in response but Trump has shown the willingness to meet force with force, appeasement is over. I seriously doubt we'll get into a war with Iran over this, unless they do something really stupid. I don't think they're any more of a military threat than Iraq was, these guys couldn't beat Iraq 25 years ago and we wiped them out in 2 weeks. I think Iran knows that; they've already got enough trouble at home, and they ain't got the money or the ability to do more than pin-prick us with terrorist attacks somewhere.
If so, why don't we just bomb Iran directly -- since this is supposed to be helpful