Posted on 09/16/2019 6:20:38 AM PDT by central_va
WASHINGTON U.S. warships and aircraft sank or heavily damaged six Iranian navy ships Monday as a major confrontation erupted in the Persian Gulf in the wake of the United States early morning strike against two Iranian oil platforms, the Reagan Administration said.
U.S. and Iranian forces fired on each other in the broadest and most direct conflict yet, suddenly escalating what for months had been a war of nerves in the volatile waterway.
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You’re a big talker. Are you signing up? Or sending your son or grandson over? Iran bombed Saudi Arabia... that is Saudi Arabia’s problem, not ours.
Sure is curious timing. War Hawk Bolton is out, and here comes this oh-so-mysterious MISSILE from the North...!
The Set-Up Express, riiiiight on time, pulling into the station.
People aren't suspicious..? Wow.
The fool with the yugely bulging pockets gets an invitation delivery, what a surprise...!
An air strike against the Iranian af,navy and nuclear facilities is not the same as a land invasion you idiot.
Does anyone with an above room temperature IQ think the only two choices the US has are an all out invasion or do nothing? Really? Has Free Republic slipped that much?
A detached, limited Gentleman’s War is an extreeeemely sticky thing, you cross-eyed, wet-pants, slobbering slubberdegullion.
A shame he surrendered Beirut before all this.
Wonder if the Gipper left his playbook in the WH...
How it starts out:
“Hand out bread to starving Somalis”
How it ends:
“We gotta FIRST arrest all the baddies...!”
The slope is slippery? Nah, it’s greased lightning. During the brief, it’s all soooo clear. Then the plans meet reality, and it all goes to sh*t.
Special enticement:
The little guy’s d*ck is so ordinary, and YOURS? It’s YUUUUUGE...!!!!
Quit talking about Ronald Reagan a like that. You sound like a WaPo editor.
Good one!
Caught my attention.
I had forgotten about this little colonial dust up and application of battleship dipolmcacy.
It’s all fun and games until the US Navy shows up.
The requirement is not being a dick.
You got your way you little female body part.
You warhawks are all the same. Bomb this guy, bomb that guy... there are no consequences. Its sterile! Bomb away.
Again, not our problem. The plan should be to become energy independent (which we are very close to being), and let the Shias and Sunnis blow each other up. We’ve wasted way too many lives and way too much treasure in that part of the world already.
A mission to decapitate.... Curious because I could very easily see how Iranian leaders would very much construe that as an actual Act of War and I could also easily see how they might react to that in the conventional sense and seriously undertake to kill as many Americans as they possibly could. I seem to remember a Marine Barracks in Lebanon where we apparently failed to learn the lesson previously.
Are you a paid Iranian troll?
Iran, the kid on the left, you the kid on the right.
No. Im doing my best to remember the lessons we should have all learned, especially since the anniversary of 911 was just last week. Remember how we destroyed Iraq and handed over their dictator to be hanged? And then we started 0bamas good war in Afghanistan? And then remember how we learned ten years later it was the Saudis the whole time? And our own FBI (read Mueller and COmey) KNEW it the whole time and LIED to us? Boston Marathon bomber was quickly flown back to Saudi? Remember?
Im sick of it. If this nation ever again goes to War we should insist from Day #1 what that means is killing every single one of them we can get our hands on. Until they cry uncle and there can never be any debate or question about who won. Because anything less never accomplishes the objective. Our grandparents knew this stuff.
I am sick of doves (libertarian?) like you. Nobody is suggesting a land invasion of Iran. But there is a lot of military options that can be taken between an invasion and doing nothing, you are fool and a tool.
Dove? Im no dove. Arent you hearing what I have been saying? My position is that if we ever go to war again it should be the good old fashioned kind of war. You know, the kind where we kill so many of them they are begging for us to stop? The kind you actually win and have a parade when it is done? Does ANYONE remember those?
I would submit all we need is ONE of those kinds of wars to convince everybody that nobody wants war anymore. At least for a long, long time.
Give me that kind of war and Ill get my old uniforms back out of the closet!
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