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After close brush with Iran, Trump finds an off-ramp - for now
Reuters ^ | January 8, 2020 | Steve Holland, Jeff Mason

Posted on 01/08/2020 7:44:07 PM PST by mdittmar

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump may have narrowly escaped immersing the United States in a broad war with Iran, at least for now, after his order to kill a top Iranian general sparked a crisis and prompted criticism at home and abroad.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: fakenews; reuters
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1 posted on 01/08/2020 7:44:07 PM PST by mdittmar
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Leave it to Rooters to flip the story 180 degrees.

The mullahs are the ones who narrowly escaped having hellfire and destruction rain down on them.


2 posted on 01/08/2020 7:46:34 PM PST by TADSLOS (You know why you can enjoy a day at the Zoo? Because walls work.)
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It was never going to be much of a war. We would have CRIPPLED their military capability, and possibly their economy...and then left it at that.


3 posted on 01/08/2020 7:47:37 PM PST by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart - I just don't don't tell anyone.)
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Close brush, myas

What a disgusting excuse for a “journalist”


4 posted on 01/08/2020 7:49:17 PM PST by A_Former_Democrat (Guns up . . . We cominÂ’ PS: Eric The Blower Ciaramella. PASS IT ON)
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Hey Reuters, everything is “for now”.


5 posted on 01/08/2020 7:50:13 PM PST by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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In other words, you democrats should just sit back, shut up and watch President Trump operate.


6 posted on 01/08/2020 7:51:30 PM PST by reasonisfaith (What are the implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
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Reuters used “broad” in there story,they are so insensitive.


7 posted on 01/08/2020 7:51:41 PM PST by mdittmar
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Al Reuters behaving to form.


8 posted on 01/08/2020 7:51:49 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (The Rats Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election)
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“Off-ramp”. Another word I’ve heard from at least half a dozen different reporters to describe Trump’s exceptionally executed strategy, along with “bumbling” and “stumbling”.


9 posted on 01/08/2020 7:52:30 PM PST by ETCM
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Somehow they skip over the fact the “general” is still dead and that was Trump’s objective.

“Sparked a crisis” doesn’t mean much. Iran blinked.


10 posted on 01/08/2020 7:52:49 PM PST by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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Who do they think they are, Joe Biden? 😎👊🏻
11 posted on 01/08/2020 7:52:50 PM PST by TADSLOS (You know why you can enjoy a day at the Zoo? Because walls work.)
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What a "close brush" might look like.

12 posted on 01/08/2020 7:54:18 PM PST by Theophilus (Ich bin ein Hong Konger)
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Yeah, the Mullah Fletchers sure showed Trump.

Where do they dig up mutt reporter like this?


13 posted on 01/08/2020 7:54:34 PM PST by DoughtyOne (The Leftistist media and particularly CNN NEWS should come with a ten day supply of Cipro.)
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It’s a matter of mild amusement to see the phrase “off-ramp” occur simultaneously in so many “independent” liberal voices, but awarding the moral victory to Iran to spite Trump is actually pretty pathetic. Soleimani and his Iraqi followers are still dead and they’re going to stay that way. It’s the most positive step for peace in the Middle East for a long time.


14 posted on 01/08/2020 7:55:54 PM PST by Billthedrill
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Trump finds an off ramp.

....meanwhile let's see where the democraps are at..


15 posted on 01/08/2020 7:56:02 PM PST by Bommer (2020 - Vote all incumbent congressmen and senators out! VOTE THE BUMS OUT!!!)
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Even my liberal brother-in-law knows this headline is B.S.


16 posted on 01/08/2020 7:57:54 PM PST by TaxPayer2000 (The United States shall guarantee to every state in this union a republican form of government...)
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...after Trump's order to kill a top Iranian general sparked a crisis and prompted criticism at home and abroad.

Right. The Iranians storming U.S. Territory at the Embassy in Iraq had NOTHING to do with us terminating Soleimani. Nothing at all.

That little patch of land the Embassy sits on is sovereign U.S. soil, no different than U.S. soil here at home. It's a little detail that the MSM never brings up.

17 posted on 01/08/2020 7:59:05 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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Looks like Teddy done missed HIS off-ramp.


18 posted on 01/08/2020 7:59:53 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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Go to their website and try to find their street address after clicking on “contact us.” You cannot. This is becoming more and more common for a plethora of websites, all across the panoply of media. These leftists want your email address before giving you their corporate address, for obvious reasons. They do not want you to send them a letter anonymously or otherwise, something they cannot trace and refuse to acknowledge.


19 posted on 01/08/2020 8:00:08 PM PST by Fungi
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Neuters “reporters” Steve Holland (D-Iran) and Jeff Mason (D-Iran)


20 posted on 01/08/2020 8:01:52 PM PST by kiryandil (Chris Wallace: Because someone has to drive the Clown Car)
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