US may have killed Quds Force Commander Qasem Soleimani

[LouderVol]

It took the GOP 7 + investigations to figure that one out? That was debunked in the first week but you can hold onto it as Obama being wrong for a few weeks before the highly partisan investigations started.

? What did I say Obama was wrong about? I didnt know that Soleimani was there, was he?

 

[zeppelin128]

Hmm. Lindsey Graham was briefed while the other "gang of 8" were ignored.

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

Anyone who does not question Trump's motives on this is simply naive.

LG, we usually sit on opposite ends of the table on 99% of the issues, but I cannot explain why this move was made.

 

[volinbham]

Great time for my brother to graduate boot camp

praying he doesn't feel the consequences of this action

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

why?

Because they were trying to develop a nuclear program?

 

[volinbham]

You failed on the last citation so I will allow you to cite another to back up your latest assertion.

you're a big boy with a computer - you look up Irans history in Iraq

 

[KB5252]

Great time for my brother to graduate boot camp

My cousin is deployed on a carrier right now. Confirmed with him he's in the area last night.

 

[LouderVol]

Pete the only one making sense in all of this.

There is no way in hades a military information officer actually believes half the stuff he wrote write there.

Wait on Congress to pull off a specific strike? Give up our intelligence network?
He is making a similar assumption to the trump nut huggers who assume Trump is playing 5d chess.

 

[volinbham]

My cousin is deployed on a carrier right now. Confirmed with him he's in the area last night.

prayers for him and you/your family

 

[evillawyer]

Ah, the good ole days when people knew which bathroom to use.

Ah yes, the good ol' days when it was the victor's reward to steal the vanquished's wealth and rape the women.

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

I don’t think this evolves into a full fledged war. For all we know, this is just the thing to get the attention of the leaders in Iran to let them know the gloves are off. They were bragging that Trump couldn’t do a damn thing, well he just did bigly.

I made the comment last night and got horse laughed. But if we just took out Soleimani, why not just Assad and Putin on notice, as well? Or any other military or world leader on notice that disagrees with us. If you don't walk the line with the US, we drone strike assassinate you...

 

[Mick]

? What did I say Obama was wrong about? I didnt know that Soleimani was there, was he?

Obama was wrong about the video excuse during the last Embassy attack. Your post made it seem like there was a definite link to him being in the city and the "attack" on the embassy. If the embassy attack was the best the Iranian terrorist mastermind could muster, was he really that much of a terrorist mastermind.

 

[tim]

All of it. The idea that it was “self defense” is laughable.

Ok, wheres the rule book on when to believe and not believe the words coming out of Iranian leaderships mouths?

 

[KB5252]

prayers for him and you/your family

Honestly he's probably in one of the safest places in the region on that carrier, they keep them far enough away from any threat but close enough to reach out and touch them.

 

[C-south]

He wouldn't consult with a hostile congress anymore than Trump did. His whole statement was pure generalizations and the fact he throws in "I was a military intelligence officer" is nothing but campaigning.

He essentially chased bad checks.

 

[tim]

I made the comment last night and got horse laughed. But if we just took out Soleimani, why not just Assad and Putin on notice, as well? Or any other military or world leader on notice that disagrees with us. If you don't walk the line with the US, we drone strike assassinate you...

I think it does put them on notice, if you direct covert attacks on US citizens or our allies you are subject to waking up dead.

 

[Mick]

you're a big boy with a computer - you look up Irans history in Iraq

Apparently the latest history was Iran and Iraq had an agreement to combat ISIS in Iraq and we killed the Iranian General in charge of it.

 

[volinbham]

Apparently the latest history was Iran and Iraq had an agreement to combat ISIS in Iraq and we killed the Iranian General in charge of it.

Oh no!

 

[RavinDave]

A few Billion dollars given to a State sponsor of Terrorism just doesn't buy you what it use to these days.....

That’s right. Pretty soon they’ll be asking for 171 virgins.

 

[LouderVol]

That doesn't explain the decision to take him out now. I mean, according to everyone he has been a major terrorist figure for a long time. I suppose it could be the case that this is the first time we could get to him outside of Iran. I could see wanting to wait until such an opportunity presented itself.

I doubt we will know that for a long time. But I do think it is natural to be skeptical about it, and especially so at the moment.

I am skeptical too. But considering this was an undeniably bad guy, and there was little to no collateral I think that gets benefit of the doubt.

I think if our State Department or government in general had any bona fides in the world this gets talked away easily with most players. But again going back to at least Bushs WMDs we have been eroding all the good will we had for a while.

 

[1972 Grad]

Ah yes, the good ol' days when it was the victor's reward to steal the vanquished's wealth and rape the women.

Don't forget the ole number 6 dance afterwards.

 

[Mick]

Oh no!

Should have made it look like a suicide or blamed Turkey. lol

 

[lawgator1]

It's fine to question it. My point is acting like the concept of questioning it and hoping we don't get in an endless war isn't exactly ground breaking sentiment.

IOW - Mayor Pete didn't provide us with some deep, insightful analysis here. It's what pretty much anyone would say (other than screaming partisans on either side). If we want to give him credit for not being an extremist then I guess that's something.

I honestly believe that the sentiments you are expressing here are agreed to by 90 % of the country.

 

[DancingOutlaw]

 

[PeaceCorpsVol]

The biggest fear is that Iran pulls out their “nuclear option” but they don't want that. Shutting down the Strait of Hormuz and choking off a fifth of the worlds oil supply would be their best strategy. The worldwide economy would take a pretty severe body blow if they succeeded in this.