Posted on 12/31/2019 9:49:22 PM PST by Mariner
Donald Trump announced that the US embassy in Baghdad is safe after some 6,000 pro-Iran militia fighters stormed the compound on Tuesday, set walls ablaze and chanted 'Death to America!' in a violent retaliation for American air strikes.
The president doubled down in his warning to Iran, saying their government will be held 'fully responsible' for the attack that forced the Pentagon to send 100 Marines as reinforcements to the Iraqi embassy.
'The U.S. Embassy in Iraq is, & has been for hours, SAFE! Many of our great Warfighters, together with the most lethal military equipment in the world, was immediately rushed to the site. Thank you to the President & Prime Minister of Iraq for their rapid response upon request,' Trump tweeted Tuesday evening.
'Iran will be held fully responsible for lives lost, or damage incurred, at any of our facilities. They will pay a very BIG PRICE! This is not a Warning, it is a Threat. Happy New Year!' he added.
In a third tweet he quipped 'The Anti-Bengahzi!' The post was an effort to distinguish his administration's response to that of the Obama administration in the 2012 attack on a diplomatic compound in Libya that left four Americans dead. The tweet, which had a spelling error, was deleted soon after.
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All true.
I was just busting the Daily Mail “journalist.”
He better have a good idea on how to hurt them—He can’t just slap another sanction on them—It must be real and humiliating.Sink a few Gunboats? Drop weapons to the Rebel Iranians? Set up “Radio Free Iran,”
He better have a good idea on how to hurt them—He can’t just slap another sanction on them—It must be real and humiliating.Sink a few Gunboats? Drop weapons to the Rebel Iranians? Set up “Radio Free Iran,”
The 82nd Airborne does not play around.
The Mad Mullahs have been in power about 40+ years too long. they need to be toppled ASAP.
One possible act of retaliation will be several Iranian SAM batteries along the Persian Gulf lighting up US fighters over “international waters” and be erased. Civilians be damned.
I know I'm not the first one to say this, but I'll say it anyway:
They were clearly Ospreys, NOT Chinooks. Come on, man.
Imagine Hillary being President and this occurs. We’d her about another Youtube video being the cause.
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