The daft cretins are talking about strikes in iran as it's some sort of regular thing you do on a Friday night. They are basically saying they would happily start a world war for no obious reason with hundreds of millions of civilians dying and they have the audacity to call others terrorists....
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Precisely
So trump killed a diplomat on a peace talk inquiry sent from saudi.
And whatcha gonna do about it?
And whatcha gonna do about it?
Iraq was a walk over because they had shit anti aircraft equipment. Iran have that and tonnes more in man power, not to mention sharing economic interests with other powers.
This was an odd move cos no adviser in the right mind would have wanted trump to pull that move. It just seems cowboy to a bonkers lever.
US would obviously win piss easy, but with more casualties and a lot more people asking why the feck they are there.
This was an odd move cos no adviser in the right mind would have wanted trump to pull that move. It just seems cowboy to a bonkers lever.
US would obviously win piss easy, but with more casualties and a lot more people asking why the feck they are there.
Not particularly unexpected given its Trump. He has no experience and is surrounded by sycophants.
True. Just absolute lunacy of a situation innit.
95-tweet thread translation of Nasrallah’s response, he’s always worth a read to get a feel for the mood in that camp:
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They cant handle iraq. I dont think they can handle iran. If they really have a good anti air it could get ugly
It will be significantly more difficult to strategically take out key areas behind the logistics of Iran's war. And the man power will make it literally impossible to hold, the more you stay the more you are slaughtered. One bomb, one ambush, one informant setup at a time.
Not a chance they'll send in boots on the ground. Regardless of how good the americans are a ground invasion would be disastrous
Which makes this move all the more irrational. It's practically a declaration of war without going in to a full blown war. What's the point.
Uncertainty in Iraq government I feel.
It's a non-binding motion. The Iraqi government ultimately decides whether to honor it or not.
I know, that is not possible anymore! The Shia population is a majority and will always want a government they trust.
Iraq was a walk over simply because the people was tired of Saddam and wanted him gone specially the Shia and the kurds.
Kurds and Arab Sunnis boycotted yeah?
Wowzers. Shit's getting real fast.
Boycotted is perhaps too strong a term. More like abstained considering they simply didn't bother turning up to vote on the motion. Hardly surprising, the Sunnis are just as anti-American as their shia compatriots, but also extend that contempt towards Iran (not a stretch to assume they didn't shed a single tear for Soleimani getting offed), whereas the KRG have their own awkward situation regarding Turkey's presence in the country to combat the PKK.
No doubt! Just speaking militarily. If anything you add to my point of the significance of man power.
The government will absolutely not honor it. Not to forget Abdel Mahdi is a caretaker PM and cant take decisions in this regard.
Let's just hope that for any forthcoming advisories they omit actual nuclear options.
Just watched the images of the funeral procession, Iranian Parliament and processions in Iraq with thousands changed death to America like the good old days. This is just going as well as predicted isn't it? /S
This is my suspicion as well, a lot of hot air but ultimately there won't be any mass exodus of US troops.
The trouble is it'll only exacerbate the tensions, Sadr is already demanding drastic and swift action to expel US troops and shut down all bases.
There were also huge numbers who cheered his death, trust the media to only cover the morbid side of things.
This is what we feared, this attack will only harm the protests of the Iraqi people and benefit only the militias backed by Iran. They will use this attack as an excuse to break the protests all over Iraq, they attacked the protesters today in Nasiriyah and Basrah accusing them of treason and being servants of the american agenda, I really feel sorry for the people.
So civilians suffer again because of an evil foreign policy.
Britain 'on same page' as US over Suleimani killing, says Raab
Foreign secretary says UK sympathetic to Washington and focused on restoring calm
https://www.theguardian.com/politic...thetic-to-us-over-killing-of-qassem-suleimani
The old gang is getting together!
Foreign secretary says UK sympathetic to Washington and focused on restoring calm
https://www.theguardian.com/politic...thetic-to-us-over-killing-of-qassem-suleimani
The old gang is getting together!
This is exactly the kind of subservient 'sovereignty' Britain can look forward to post-Brexit. Trump dangling a trade deal in front of Boris in exchange for a lapdog to provide more meat for the grinder.
I think this is all part of a broader scheme/excuse to bomb Iran's nuclear facilities.
What year is Johnson back?
thank god the terrorist sympathiser was kept out of office
Extremely plausible.
FTFY.
And yes, this goes beyond an embassy attack. Trump's motivations might have been impulsive and purely self-serving, but its pretty much been US foreign policy to destroy Iran since the revolution.
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If there was any doubt the neo-cons have the power once again (and Trump is a convenient means to an end) - then Trump s tweet to link the number of Iranian sites to the hostage situation removed all doubt that that's exactly the agenda that it's back on the menu. Cheney's masterplan continues to work as planned.
Often one and the same as far as the middle east is concerned, with the exception perhaps of Obama's nuclear deal with Iran.
Is this guy having a laugh?Michael Moore:
How likely is it for the iraqi government to agree to expel the Americans?
If they agree to it then there's a possibility trump will send in more troops and try to turn Iraq into the next Syria. How can trump call soleimani a terrorist when he himself is like a devil?
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