So what exactly do you call Syria and Libya. Or what we were doing in Africa. Oh let me guess. Those don't count.
Iranian foreign minister tweets that attack was "proportionate" and in "self-defense"- they are already backing down. They apparently fired a dozen missiles at nothing, taking care of not killing anybody, and they are saying that's their retaliation.
If Trump wisely doesn't do anything, this thankfully could be over.
Trump shouldn't mock them and force their hand. He should let them appease their domestic protesters by appearing to have attacked us (when they ultimately didn't).
But I'm not too hopeful that Trump will keep his small fingers off his smartphone's keyboard.
Most are weapons systems advisors, not "mercenaries". They are working for their companies who have contracted to sell our military or the Iraqi military on equipment their company sells. Remember when the Russia-aligned Ukrainians shot down an airliner? The missile system used is a very complex system and, while the Separatists were in control of the missile system, there was at least one Russian "tech adviser" there to teach and train. IIRC, the tech said "no so fast" when they wanted to shoot the aircraft overhead but they ignored him.
Same thing for our advisers in Iraq. Again, not mercenaries.
Well, either the Iranians were aiming to miss, or the Russian stuff is ****.
Of that there's no debate, the question is whether killing him and announcing it was the smart thing to do considering the much larger blowback that it would cause. Had he been taken out without the bluster, the Iranians would have suspected anyway, but making a spectacle of it forced an escalation.
Iran blinked. Trump should mock them and talk ****, at the least.
You can draw a straight line from Trump's decisions as Commander in Chief to this war. He is wholly culpable for this.
Well, either the Iranians were aiming to miss, or the Russian stuff is ****.
Sure it was.
Hell yeah he was all contractors are powered by blood and paid in oil, didn't you taste the malice in that sandwhich or are you one of those bury their head in the sand while stuffing their face kind of people!
Wouldn’t have happened if Trump didn’t cancel the nuclear deal and impose harsh sanctions.
Iran never killed U.S. when Obama was in office.
U.S. troops murdered by Iran. Democrats refuse to authorize force to retaliate. How do you think that's going to sell at the ballot box?
Or it may embolden Trump-Pompeo??
Or we could have given a proportional response to a riot that killed one bloodsucking mercenary instead of massively escalating by killing the head of Iranian Special Forces.
Starting to sound like it.Iranian foreign minister tweets that attack was "proportionate" and in "self-defense"- they are already backing down. They apparently fired a dozen missiles at nothing, taking care of not killing anybody, and they are saying that's their retaliation.
If Trump wisely doesn't do anything, this thankfully could be over.
Trump shouldn't mock them and force their hand. He should let them appease their domestic protesters by appearing to have attacked us (when they ultimately didn't).
But I'm not too hopeful that Trump will keep his small fingers off his smartphone's keyboard.
Whoops. No casualties. Iran gave Trump an off ramp.
Trump tried to start a war...oh look over there!!!!
Thanks - this is one of the best demonstrations of Poe's law that I have seen in quite a while
What war? Did I miss where congress used their powers to declare war on Iran?
Stop with the childish war mongering. It doesn't help you score points for your progressive team.
Trump has tweeted that "all is well." Relatively restrained tweet, just praised the American military. So far so good. I hope this is it.
Like I said in my first participation here I always assumed the Iranians would huff and puff but do little. Apparently that's exactly what they did tonight so escalation is not a given.
At one point there were tweeter rumors of 20 American casualties which would have been a full-blown disaster and would almost certainly lead to war.
So I'm relieved.
He worked for Valiant Integrated Services. He wasn't scrubbing toilets.
Godammit! Just found out. The S.O.B started a freaken war!
Impeached, and the country at war. Don't say we didn't warn you.
The Iranians are scared ****less. They've never had a U.S president stand up to them.
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