Israel, Iran, Syria, and the rest of the ... Middle East
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@jegga said in Iran, Syria, and the rest of the ... Middle East:
@antipodean yeah I found that thread in a discussion about Hillsborough. It won’t be long till something similar happens at a Black Friday sale I reckon .
Just requires someone at the front to trip:
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But her emails
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@booboo said in Iran, Syria, and the rest of the ... Middle East:
Reports of rocket attack(s) on air bases in Iraq
Iranians are taking responsibility for the missile attacks against an American base in Iraq, threatening more. The missiles are allegedly ballistic missiles, which are not nearly as lethal as their cruise missiles, and can (allegedly) be shot down. The Iranians are calling the attack(s) a “success” along with publishing photographs that internet sleuths have discovered came from attacks in Syria and Gaza. Could be WW3. Or.... could be a big symbolic gesture to pacify the mullahs at home. Dunno. So much disinfo and manufactured outrage flying around, best to wait ‘n see....
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Can’t wait for FIFA WC2022. Qatar is gonna be lit.
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Iran launched a pair of missile attacks. They are claiming 30 lives taken (Pentagon disputes, so far toll is 0 ... we’ll seee...), and they’re saying that’s enough for now, but that if America retaliates they’ll target Dubai.
My guess is they’ll declare victory on state TV and that’ll end it.
Trump giving official statement tomorrow morning.
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Trump giving official statement tomorrow morning.
Plenty of time for him to hear Fox hosts weigh in on what he should do before he commits to anything then
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What I find interesting... the Pentagon has been tracking and targeting Soleimani since 2013 (at least!). They were patient, but there were numerous stories throughout the two Obama terms that with their “rules of engagement” they’d have the target in their sights and then have to go through rounds of compliance that took up to 48 hours before a go-ahead to pull the trigger. Trump listened to the Pentagon and tore those rules up, told ‘em if you’ve got him you take him. Now if revenge really is a dish best served cold, you have to wonder about Iran’s “retaliation.” It looks like a publicity stunt. They don’t want war. They’re petrified, especially if Trump tips his hand that the gloves are off a week after they mocked him and said he “can’t do anything.” But they have to keep their people, who have been getting very restless the past two years openly defying the mullahs, staying firmly under their control.
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@Stockcar86 said in Iran, Syria, and the rest of the ... Middle East:
Trump giving official statement tomorrow morning.
Plenty of time for him to hear Fox hosts weigh in on what he should do before he commits to anything then
If you actually watched Fox News the past two nights you’d quickly realize there’s far more balanced views pro-and con-, which you cannot say of any other mainstream American cable tv news network. Hannity follows Carlson, and you could not get two more diametrically opposed viewpoints about American intentions.
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If I had to make a wager...
(Engel is NBC’s longtime war correspondent (Tool of The Man).)
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I would like to believe the current conspiracy theory being floated. This is like Kennedy & Kruschev going back-door during the missile crisis and striking a secret deal. Trump and the Mullahs have made a deal. Expensive fireworks show to impress the locals, promise of zero American deaths, and Trump announces in a month that he’s pulling out of Iraq, same way Jack promised the Rusk to pull his missiles from Turkey. Win-win-win.
I also like the delicious Nixonian detail, that Trump has so thoroughly convinced the Mullahs that he really is sooooo completely bonkers crazy they actually believe he’d turn Tehran into a glass parking lot, and after the shock of Soleimani they’re ready to deal.
Coud be b.s. but is at least a hopeful conspiracy theory!!!
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@Salacious-Crumb Do you know if Trump has historically put forward on an opinion on Iran? His old opinions on China and NK seemed to stick.
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Coincidence?
A Boeing 737 plane carrying 180 passengers and crew crashed shortly after takeoff from Imam Khomeini Airport in Tehran early Wednesday local time, Iran's semi-official news agency ISNA reporte
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/01/07/middleeast/plane-crash-iran-intl-hnk/index.html
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@Rembrandt He’s said for years that ground war in Iran would be a meat-grinder and a loser, much worse and bloodier than Iraq (true!!), so I don’t believe he wants a war.
At the same time, he’s got Saudi, Israeli and home-brewed Neocon Wormtongues in his ear. And they’re all beating war drums, and maybe they’re trying to convince him he can wage a drone war (?)
I hope & pray Trump doesn’t want war, but the Embassy attack and the Ayatollah tweet were enough for him to want to at least send a strong message lest they be emboldened.
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What?! Report of a Ukranian Boeing 737 crashing After takeoff in Tehran tonight... and reports of multiple earthquakes throughout Iran...
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@Salacious-Crumb said in Iran, Syria, and the rest of the ... Middle East:
they’ll target Dubai.
Abu Dhabi? Still UAE but Al-Dhafra is the US military base there. If they go after Dubai it is civilians.
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@Snowy said in Iran, Syria, and the rest of the ... Middle East:
@Salacious-Crumb said in Iran, Syria, and the rest of the ... Middle East:
they’ll target Dubai.
Abu Dhabi? Still UAE but Al-Dhafra is the US military base there. If they go after Dubai it is civilians.
The collective intelligence of the Fern knows no bounds