Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

US Secretary of State Pompeo visits Iraq amid Iran tensions
BBC ^ | 5/7/2019 | BBC

Posted on 05/07/2019 5:47:52 PM PDT by bingoplayer

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has made an unscheduled, fleeting visit to Iraq, amid growing tensions with Iran.

Mr Pompeo cancelled a trip to Berlin to meet with Iraqi leaders during a four-hour stop in the capital Baghdad.

The visit came days after a US aircraft carrier was deployed to the region, which officials said was in response to threats to US forces and its allies from Iran.

On Tuesday it was revealed the US was sending B-52 bombers to the region.

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


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: bolton; bs; facts; wmd
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-27 next last
A few observations. Why are we picking this war with Iran? We don't want and will not tolerate a war with Iran unless they are threatening a provable attack on the United States or our Troops in the Mid east no more "WMD" hoaxes as false pretext to 5000 dead men, 42,000 wounded and $2 trillion wasted dollars. Iraq is totally a Shiite government. They will NEVER allow us to stage a war against Shiite Iran out of their country. In fact, They will fight for Iran. Are we stupid? GET OUT!!If Iran attacks our troops -- waste them. Otherwise NO MORE LIES AS A PRETEXT FOR CRIPPLING WAR!! ( this is all BOLTON, I assure you. WAKE UP MR. PRESDEDNT!)
1 posted on 05/07/2019 5:47:52 PM PDT by bingoplayer
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: bingoplayer

It’s the war of ISRAEL, not that of the USA.

I hate Iran and I’ll support an IDF war on Iran.

But it’s not our freaking war. And it wasn’t the time before that, or the time before that, either.

They want war? GREAT..!

I’ll be the whole trumpet section.

WE HAVE A WALL TO BUILD.


2 posted on 05/07/2019 5:49:41 PM PDT by gaijin
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: bingoplayer

Waste all Iran troops that are OUTSIDE of Iran.


3 posted on 05/07/2019 5:49:46 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: bingoplayer

Iran is gonna attack US troops..!!!

I GUARANTEE it, double cross my heart, dummies, errr, PEOPLE..! Enforce borders in the MIDDLE-EAST..!

4 posted on 05/07/2019 5:52:06 PM PDT by gaijin
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: bingoplayer

On Tuesday it was revealed the US was sending B-52 bombers to the region.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Whatever happens should be over in short order. If US forces are attacked by Iran, then every known nuclear facility Iran has will be reduced to dust.

And why you ask ??

Iran is a threat to world peace and also an immediate threat to Israel as well as to Europe.


5 posted on 05/07/2019 5:54:15 PM PDT by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism)http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: gaijin

I agree so much with you I am standing clapping in resounding ovation. I am sick of fighting wars with our blood and our Trillions for Israel after they illegally bomb sovereign Syria . Nobody attacked them from Syria? WTH? Big boys need to go fight their own war if they want to fight. NOT THE USA!! Iran has 96 million people .This aint no Iraq here. NO WAY JOSE!! Build the wall!!


6 posted on 05/07/2019 5:54:30 PM PDT by bingoplayer (MAGA)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Candor7

Where is the Attack?? I see NO ATTACK?? What are we doing?


7 posted on 05/07/2019 5:55:35 PM PDT by bingoplayer (MAGA)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: gaijin

This will cost Trump his presidency in 2020. He better think long and hard about this based on ZERO EVIDENCE PRESENTED TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. NO MORE IRAQS!!


8 posted on 05/07/2019 5:57:33 PM PDT by bingoplayer (MAGA)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: bingoplayer

He’s done. This is the final straw. This is the beginning of the end.


9 posted on 05/07/2019 5:59:44 PM PDT by shelterguy
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: bingoplayer

This reminds me a LOT of the “WTC collapse/US attacks Iraq” knee-jerk, allll over again.

We attacked Iraq, WHY, again..? Cuz Saddam did it..?

I hated Saddam, but NO he didn’t and that matters yugely.

Israel intercepts Iran ships loaded with missiles —I believe it.

Israel detects Iranian sponsorship of Gaza rockets —I believe it.

So:

This is OUR biz, HOW, exactly..?

What we see is an Israel/Iran problem.

The US has problems with Mexico, yet I never see outraged people screaming for the IDF to hurry up and patrol our southern border.

The very concept is befuddling AND IT SHOULD BE.

The notion we have to hurry across to a different hemisphere and solve THEIR problems (at a cost of some trillion$ and thousands of our military people) should be, ALSO.


10 posted on 05/07/2019 6:06:39 PM PDT by gaijin
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: gaijin

No more Israel wars!!Been there done that.


11 posted on 05/07/2019 6:08:10 PM PDT by bingoplayer (MAGA)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: bingoplayer

Get up to speed:

read here:

https://en.radiofarda.com/a/closing-strait-of-hormuz-is-fraught-with-dangers-for-iran/29910933.html


12 posted on 05/07/2019 6:08:40 PM PDT by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism)http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: bingoplayer

Welcome (back?) to FR.


13 posted on 05/07/2019 6:10:21 PM PDT by treetopsandroofs
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: shelterguy

His 2020 campaign will surely implode now!

I probably need the /s.


14 posted on 05/07/2019 6:12:33 PM PDT by treetopsandroofs
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: Candor7

Good link

1. S.O. Hormuz is narrow
2. Iran claims total authority over S.O. Hormuz
3. Tons o world trade transits S.O. Hormuz

All that is true today, but all of that has been true since 1979.

In fact, during Operation Praying Mantis we were not only supposed to give the Mullahs a severe beating, we were supposed to take them down TOTALLY. Yet we were prevented by Caspar Weinberger.

Yet now that Gaza missiles are intercepted by Israel, all of this Hormuz stuff is being renewed and thrust beneath the noses of Americans:

Why?

Because a sucker, rich-until-now USA has been running a “war to go” drive-through window, no questions asked.

We are 23 trillion in debt, fighting FOUR wars, and we have over 3,000 invaders crossing our border every. single. night.

I can’t believe we’re even THINKING of adding another war to our War SuperSize order.


15 posted on 05/07/2019 6:22:41 PM PDT by gaijin
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

To: bingoplayer

“Where is the Attack?? I see NO ATTACK?? What are we doing?”

We are politely announcing our presence in the region. It’s really a formality since who is going to stop us?

You know as well as I do that we only strike first and it is truly a decisive strike. In this case, we are sitting by eagerly waiting for Iran to do something stupid so we can waste them.


16 posted on 05/07/2019 6:22:56 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Only a Replacement Wall? Ann Coulter is deeply saddened.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: gaijin

“This is OUR biz, HOW, exactly..?”

30% of the worlds oil passes through the straight of Hormuz. If anything happens to interrupt that flow, imagine what will happen next.

An American aircraft carrier group is parking itself there to protect that flow of oil. Would you prefer the Russians or Chinese do it instead of us?


17 posted on 05/07/2019 6:26:09 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Only a Replacement Wall? Ann Coulter is deeply saddened.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: EQAndyBuzz
The Chinese aircraft carrier is barely operational. It's in NO condition to undertake real world flight ops in a risky area, to say nothing of the Straits of Hormuz.

When you say Russia, you mean...Kusnetov..?

You mean THIS carrier..?

18 posted on 05/07/2019 6:31:34 PM PDT by gaijin
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 17 | View Replies]

To: EQAndyBuzz

Ships in the Strait of Hormuz with little room
to maneuver are sitting ducks to portable shore
launched anti-ship missiles, such as the Yakhont and Sunburns. Don’t be there.


19 posted on 05/07/2019 6:41:14 PM PDT by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 17 | View Replies]

To: bingoplayer
Pick one:


20 posted on 05/07/2019 6:43:43 PM PDT by PA Engineer (Liberate America from the Occupation Media.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-27 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson