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Why Soleimani Was Killed...
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Originally posted by JimL View PostSo what? It's possibly true, but if so the President played right into their hands. If that story is true, then other than his own death, the outcome is exactly what Soleimani intended."The man from the yacht thought he was the first to find England; I thought I was the first to find Europe. I did try to found a heresy of my own; and when I had put the last touches to it, I discovered that it was orthodoxy."
GK Chesterton; Orthodoxy
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Originally posted by seer View PostSo Reuters was lying? But let me ask you Star, if the Reuters story and investigation was correct would that justify taking out Soleimani?
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Originally posted by JimL View PostLearn to read, Lilpix. I said other than his own death! Perhaps you should lite up."The man from the yacht thought he was the first to find England; I thought I was the first to find Europe. I did try to found a heresy of my own; and when I had put the last touches to it, I discovered that it was orthodoxy."
GK Chesterton; Orthodoxy
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Originally posted by JimL View PostSo what? It's possibly true, but if so the President played right into their hands. If that story is true, then other than his own death, the outcome is exactly what Soleimani intended.
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Originally posted by Dimbulb View PostWhat seems to be leaking out of the administration is that it's standard practice for the Pentagon to offer Presidents a wide range of options in any situation including those that the Pentagon itself considers absurd. Killing Soleimani was apparently one of those implausible options.
Meanwhile, here in the real world...
Pentagon leaders on Monday defended the U.S. military strike President Trump ordered against Iranian terrorist leader Qasem Soleimani on January 1, saying that intelligence showed he was planning “imminent” combat operations against U.S. military forces in the region.
Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters at the Pentagon:
"I’ll stand by the intelligence I saw that was compelling, it was imminent, and it was very very clear in scale and scope. Did it exactly say who, what, when, where? No. But he was planning, coordinating and synchronizing significant combat operations against U.S. military forces in the region and it was imminent.
“Those of us who were involved in the decision-making of that, we would have been culpably negligent to the American people had we not made the decision we made,” he added.
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...both Milley and Defense Secretary Mark Esper said they were well aware of the risks and that it was necessary to protect American lives.
“We had a responsibility to act when American lives are threatened and I think that’s a responsible thing to do,” Esper told reporters.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2...-u-s-military/Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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Originally posted by Mountain Man View PostYou conspiracy theory nuts are hilarious!
Meanwhile, here in the real world...
Pentagon leaders on Monday defended the U.S. military strike President Trump ordered against Iranian terrorist leader Qasem Soleimani on January 1, saying that intelligence showed he was planning “imminent” combat operations against U.S. military forces in the region.
Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters at the Pentagon:
"I’ll stand by the intelligence I saw that was compelling, it was imminent, and it was very very clear in scale and scope. Did it exactly say who, what, when, where? No. But he was planning, coordinating and synchronizing significant combat operations against U.S. military forces in the region and it was imminent.
“Those of us who were involved in the decision-making of that, we would have been culpably negligent to the American people had we not made the decision we made,” he added.
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...both Milley and Defense Secretary Mark Esper said they were well aware of the risks and that it was necessary to protect American lives.
“We had a responsibility to act when American lives are threatened and I think that’s a responsible thing to do,” Esper told reporters.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2...-u-s-military/
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Originally posted by seer View PostNo duh...
One of the things we see is now a lot of factions that were previously fragmented in Iran are now uniting under the regime against the US.
“I think God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.” ― Oscar Wilde
“And if there were a God, I think it very unlikely that He would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt His existence” ― Bertrand Russell
“not all there” - you know who you are
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Originally posted by JimL View PostNo. It isn't about Soleimani, he deserves what he got, but that doesn't mean that killing him was in the U.S. best interests.Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s
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Originally posted by JimLamebrain View PostSo, are we to believe that the death of Soleimani puts an end to the planned attacks he made?Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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Originally posted by JimL View PostSo, are we to believe that the death of Soleimani puts an end to the planned attacks he made?
But it does stop Soleimani from making any future plans.
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Originally posted by Sparko View PostThat's actually a good point. Who knows? It would depend on how far along those plans were and how scared the terrorists who are supposed to be carrying them out are of Trump blowing them up too.
But it does stop Soleimani from making any future plans.
Now, his successors will be watching the skies, not sleeping in the same bed two nights in a row, they won't be traveling with family. They'll be boasting and bragging about "Death to America", but will be looking over the shoulders and up to the sky all the time.
It really complicates managing militias outside your own country.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostAnother thing it does is disrupt command and control. It was extremely easy for Soleimani to recruit, train, coordinate and fiance his multiple militias in the middle east when he could just fly in and out of territories in the open.
Now, his successors will be watching the skies, not sleeping in the same bed two nights in a row, they won't be traveling with family. They'll be boasting and bragging about "Death to America", but will be looking over the shoulders and up to the sky all the time.
It really complicates managing militias outside your own country.Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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