Posted on 12/07/2019 7:53:19 PM PST by yesthatjallen
““Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Saturday that he is not characterizing the attack as terrorism “at this time.””
It’s terrorism, but likely not for the normal Jihadi reasons. Not that it makes any difference to the victims. Considering what this guy could have done if he was activated later when he was flying an armed jet fighter, it was peanuts. So, why was he activated now?
Think back a few months ago to the Saudi Oil IPO. The country desperately needs that money. Likely, without it the country will either erupt in civil war or become substantially less a force in the region. What happened to that IPO? A missile attack drove the likely take for the IPO to a much lower value. This was unacceptable, so the Saudis put it off. It was rescheduled for a later date. If I recall, that date was coming up soon. So, here is yet another attack that will drive down the price.
Who is behind these attacks? Well, Iran was definitely behind the attack on the oil infrastructure. Likely, they were behind this one as well. If we delve into it, either the attackers were an attempt by Sunni Saudis to integrate Shia people into their country (I think they have three million) or it is a Sunni who wants the regime to fall.
Again, it doesn’t matter to us which it was, but designating the attack as terrorism presents some diplomatic problems the president would rather not have to deal with as that won’t help the situation for the US or Saudi Arabia, but it will help Iran.
The stupid is strong in our government!
It is not “terrorism”.
It is an act of war by the irregular forces of Saudi Arabia.
Again.
that is the reason why nobody is going to convince me to have a poisonous snake as a pet
“The FBI is not currently aware of any additional threats to Pensacola.”
“There’s a whole lot of things they aren’t aware of.”
That type of statement is one heck of a lot less comforting than it was 20 years ago. They really need to update the boilerplate.
Yes! Take it as an act of war.
Wow first post i’ve seen from you in a while (how dare you have a life!! :) )
And it was a great one.
Right to the point and hit on the right points.
Hope you are well
Thank you.
No complaints here; hope all is well with you also!
I’ve been posting sporadically but it is hard to find a lot of time - but certainly not because I have a life!
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