He can and will do whatever the feck he likes. I bet he promises Swift and harsh retaliation the likes the world has never seen before.He cannot declare war, but he might authorize strikes or even a full invasion.
Yes, even inside Ain al Asad there are iraqi soldiers. I wonder what will the Iraqi government response be in this case.Why are the Iraqi soldiers so close? Is there an ISF base in proximity too? I'd keep my distance from all US bases if I were them...
I'm watching CBS? Don't know what they're likeAnywhere I can watch CNN in Canada? Not finding any streams.
Again. I'm not pro-Trump. My post is for balance.Which wars were that then?
Soleimani and his proxy groups in Iraq and Afghanistan were behind the flow of IEDs to Iraq and Afghanistan.
Soleimani’s most heinous crime occurred on September 1, 2013, which became known as the “Camp Ashraf Massacre,” when Quds force proxies, including Kata’ib Hezbollah and Asa’eb Ahl Al-Haq, attacked Camp Ashraf in Iraq’s Diyala province. At the time, only 101 MEK members were residing there as custodians of their properties under an agreement with the UN and the US. The attack led to the execution-style killing of 52 defenseless MEK members. Seven others, including six women, were taken, hostage. Soleimani personally oversaw the plans of the massacre.
Soleimani played a key role in the killing of the members of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) in camps Ashraf and Liberty in Iraq.
Before the 2003 U.S.-Iraq conflict, Soleimani orchestrated several attacks against MEK bases in Iraq.
From 11 January 1993 to April 2003, Iran’s terrorist Quds Force carried out over 150 terrorist attacks against the MEK in Iraq.
I don't think he cares. He won't scuffer at any chance to play up for the cameras while giving some predictable Leslie Nielsen like speech filled with all the predictable bravado.He cannot declare war, but he might authorize strikes or even a full invasion.
Oh feckCNN:
In its Telegram channel, Iranian Revolutionary Guard says the “Pentagon reports that the US will respond to Iran’s attacks.”
IRGC then says in a footnote, “This time we will respond to you in America”
Genuinely curious. Can you list the attacks he was behind that actually count as terrorist attacks? Or war crimes?I'm not pro-Trump, and I don't approve of this escalation - but in the interest of balance, general Soleimani was a bigger war criminal.
Still, what a horrific thought.He cannot declare war, but he might authorize strikes or even a full invasion.
Strikes almost certainly. A ground invasion would be insanity.He cannot declare war, but he might authorize strikes or even a full invasion.
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That’s pushing, took US 3 weeks to beat Iraq but I never understood why US wants to invade a country, just bomb the shit that country, take down all the bases and any military building and leave them to assess the destruction, if they try to retaliate then repeat.Only 7 days into 2020 and we are heading towards a world war.
You talk of balance yet you use an Iranian Resistance Group as your source. Soleimani was by all means an unpleasant individual, but to accuse him of bigger war crimes than the carnage the US have unleashed there in recent decades is nonsense.Again. I'm not pro-Trump. My post is for balance.
He personally oversaw massacres, bombings and atrocities in the region both during and before the American invasion of Iraq in 2003.
https://www.ncr-iran.org/en/news/te...who-was-the-vicious-criminal-qassem-soleimani
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Not sure any gulf country would love to be directly involved. They're used to having the Americans fight for them, they'd be utterly flattened in a direct confrontation. Fighting Iran isn't the same as fighting Houthi teenagers, and even then the Saudis struggled disastrously.Haifa would be madness.
Dubai not so. In case of war, UAE will love to be part of it.
To be clear - I was talking about Trump/Pompeo specifically, and not the United States.You talk of balance yet you use an Iranian Resistance Group as your source. Soleimani was by all means an unpleasant individual, but to accuse him of bigger war crimes than the carnage the US have unleashed there in recent decades is nonsense.
The MEK were btw listed as a terrorist organisation during the time, including by the US.
They invade so they have more influence in the region and benefit from resources.That’s pushing, took US 3 weeks to beat Iraq but I never understood why US wants to invade a country, just bomb the shit that country, take down all the bases and any military building and leave them to assess the destruction, if they try to retaliate then repeat.
So the most important question that's not being discussed - who is making the most money / likely to make the most money with all this unfolding? We know those in power on either side don't give a feck about the loss of human life.Those defense stocks are gonna be doing really well in the morning.
The same Trump who surrounds himself with the same war-mongering hawks that have been salivating at the prospect of war with Iran.To be clear - I was talking about Trump/Pompeo specifically, and not the United States.
I think that any war with Iran will also involve UAE and S Arabia. To be fair, both are useless at it.Not sure any gulf country would love to be directly involved. They're used to having the Americans fight for them, they'd be utterly flattened in a direct confrontation. Fighting Iran isn't the same as fighting Houthi teenagers, and even then the Saudis struggled disastrously.
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Like I said, I was baffled and disappointed with how randomly the Americans escalated this. I'm not sure that makes Trump a war criminal just yet, a war monger certainly.The same Trump who surrounds himself with the same war-mongering hawks that have been salivating at the prospect of war with Iran.
Just remember who dealt the first strike here.
Well its inevitable the Gulf kingdoms get dragged into it considering they pretty much harbour all US military personnel outside of Iraq, so Iran definitely wouldn't hold back in extending any retribution towards them.I think that any war with Iran will also involve UAE and S Arabia. To be fair, both are useless at it.
Israel is another thing though. They have by far the best Air Force in the region.
That threat alone might be enough.FFS the Israelis wont take any prisoners, they will just send the jets in.
Seems that way. Probably anticipated some sort of attack. Doesn't change anything though. The intention was there and I can't see Trump lying down. There's no way this ends well unfortunately.What's the chances that all the Helicopter activity earlier was actually American troops being moved?
You made the objective claim of Soleimani being a war criminal, citing Iranian opposition sources and referencing his involvement in killing a designated terrorist group as your justifications.Like I said, I was baffled and disappointed with how randomly the Americans escalated this. I'm not sure that makes Trump a war criminal just yet, a war monger certainly.
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quite possibly, I would think they already have plans done , sites selected and aircraft ready, fueled and armedThat threat alone might be enough.
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CNN still saying it only a possibilitySorry if already mentioned, what time will Trump be going on air? Do we know for sure?
No chance they pre-emptively attack without being provoked. Contrary to what everyone might think, I don't think the Israelis want a direct confrontation.That threat alone might be enough.