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FNC’s Wallace: Bush, Obama Didn’t Take Out Soleimani Out of Concern Over Iran Response
Breitbart ^ | 3 Jan 2020 | Pam Key

Posted on 01/03/2020 5:58:54 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

On Friday’s broadcast of Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom,” Chris Wallace the anchor of “Fox News Sunday,” pointed out both former presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama did not order Quds Force Supreme Commander Qasem Soleimani be killed in an airstrike when they had the opportunity to do so.

Wallace said, “Both President Obama and President Bush had the options at several points to take out Soleimani, and they decided as much as they hated him, not to do that because they were worried how the Iranians would respond to that. That is the concern. They talked about harsh retaliation, what form will not take? Will there be military strikes? Will there be terror attacks? Iran has a very sophisticated cyber capability. Could they be cyber attacks on the U.S. homeland? If this is the kind of strike that finally gets Tehran’s attention and they pulled back, that’s a great message for the U.S. On the other hand, if they simply escalate and respond to our escalation with another one of their own, people will have to decide how far we want to take this.”

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KEYWORDS: 2020election; chriswallace; dnctalkingpoint; dnctalkingpoints; election2020; faux; fauxnews; iran; iraq; mediawingofthednc; partisanmediashills; presstitutes; qasemsoleimani; qudsforce; smearmachine
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

clinton had 4 chances we know of to kill bin laden, how different would this world be, if he had just pulled the trigger?

Thank you president Trump, for doing the right thing.


41 posted on 01/03/2020 6:44:18 PM PST by Kakaze (I want The Republic back !)
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To: noiseman

Agreed.


42 posted on 01/03/2020 6:46:58 PM PST by Gator113 ( ~~Trump 2020 and again in 2024. EPSTEIN WAS MURDERED. "Seditious Conspiracy" is everywhere.)
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Actually, it’s because Obama was in cahoots with Iran.
Recall the Iraq election where Obama interfered in support of the Iranian backed pm candidate over the pro-west candidate.


43 posted on 01/03/2020 6:47:11 PM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: DivineMomentsOfTruth
Tucker Carlson was spewing Libertarian cowardness

Cowardice, not “cowardness”.

44 posted on 01/03/2020 6:47:28 PM PST by nwrep
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To: Chgogal

“Get Yamamoto”


45 posted on 01/03/2020 6:48:24 PM PST by A_Former_Democrat (Guns up . . . We cominÂ’ PS: Eric The Blower Ciaramella. PASS IT ON)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
They talked about harsh retaliation, what form will not take? Will there be military strikes? Will there be terror attacks?

If so, let's hope they strike the "journalists" first.

46 posted on 01/03/2020 6:50:48 PM PST by Fightin Whitey
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Wallace said, “Both President Obama and President Bush had the options at several points to take out Soleimani, and they decided as much as they hated him, not to do that because they were worried how the Iranians would respond to that. That is the concern.....

well since appeasement didn’t stop the terror attacks, the option changed..insanity is doing the same thing repeatedly expecting different results..so to get different results a different plan had to be used..mike wallace wake the f up.


47 posted on 01/03/2020 6:52:06 PM PST by rolling_stone (no justice no peace no epstein no justice)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Bush was a wuss and Obama was an Islamist.


48 posted on 01/03/2020 6:52:09 PM PST by livius
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To: Jamestown1630

The lesson the rats learned in 18 was in 16 they didn’t cheat enough. Trump will need a lot of cushion to beat it. It looks pretty good right now but I wish they had gone after the cheating a lot more.


49 posted on 01/03/2020 7:00:48 PM PST by gibsonguy
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

You never ever want to make a terrorist regime mad! Why they could send planes into buildings or suicide bombers to blow up people and things. Best thing is to let them alone so that they can fly planes not buildings and send suicide bombers over to blowup people and things.


50 posted on 01/03/2020 7:03:39 PM PST by Bommer (2020 - Vote all incumbent congressmen and senators out! VOTE THE BUMS OUT!!!)
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To: CaliGirlGodHelpMe
Apparently the Iranians weren’t that worried about OUR response when they attacked our embassy, were they?

Excellent point. We turned the other cheek too often in the past.

51 posted on 01/03/2020 7:07:38 PM PST by frank ballenger (End vote fraud & harvesting,non-citizen voting & leftist media news censorship or we are finished.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

SO, he is saying Obunghole and Bush were both craven pussies?


52 posted on 01/03/2020 7:13:18 PM PST by jospehm20
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To: gibsonguy

I’ll agree that they were overly confident in ‘16 - but that was even BEFORE Trump’s first term. They are going to have a HUGE row to hoe, with all of the intervening ‘winning’ that we’ve experienced.

They’re looking pretty stupid wrt the impeachment thing; the economy has been booming; Black people are getting a clue; and there is a general sense that we’ve got somebody in charge who absolutely knows his own mind and is fearless about taking a decided STAND on issues.

There’s a feeling of *decisiveness* in the air that we’d been without for many years, and the perception of it is almost a psychic thing that trickles down and spreads around.

I’m pretty confident; and I think we’ve begun this new 2020 election year very well :-)


53 posted on 01/03/2020 7:23:49 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it")
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To: E. Pluribus Unum



54 posted on 01/03/2020 7:24:09 PM PST by Tawiskaro
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To: frank ballenger

only thing that worries me...is a suicide truck bomb at a Trump hotel,,,,,every Trump property would suffer. I dunno..


55 posted on 01/03/2020 7:28:58 PM PST by basalt
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
If this is true, that both Bush and Obama had opportunities to take this piece of shit out and didn't; I hope every family that lost someone to Saleimani's evil sues their asses. Just saying.

What benefit is it to let a man like this to continue to live.

56 posted on 01/03/2020 7:34:05 PM PST by Cannoneer ("Liberty means responsibility, that is why most men dread it." Geo B Shaw)
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To: Gator113

For crying out loud. Tucker is right at least 95%. He is wrong about this. Just let it go. No one is perfect.


57 posted on 01/03/2020 7:37:34 PM PST by willk (A bias news media is not a free press.)
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To: Gator113

He IS getting tiresome


58 posted on 01/03/2020 7:49:51 PM PST by oldsicilian
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To: Gator113

He IS getting tiresome


59 posted on 01/03/2020 7:49:52 PM PST by oldsicilian
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“people will have to decide how far we want to take this”

All the way to Tehran baby.

We have stealth drones that can hover for 24hrs.

Unnoticed.

This is notice that none of Iran’s leadership is safe.

Anywhere.


60 posted on 01/03/2020 7:54:54 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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