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Here's why neither George W. Bush nor Barack Obama killed Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani, who the US just took out in an airstrike
businessinsider ^ | 01/03/2020 | Grace Panetta

Posted on 01/03/2020 12:37:34 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27

On Thursday evening, the Pentagon confirmed that at the direction of President Donald Trump, US forces killed Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani in an airstrike near Baghdad's airport, the most drastic step toward conflict with Iran in the 21st century.

Soleimani was for decades one of the most important and highly regarded military figures in Iran, playing a pivotal role in shaping Iranian foreign policy and the politics of the Middle East today.

The killing of the high-level commander, first reported by Iraqi state TV and later confirmed in a Pentagon statement, is the US's most significant escalation of tensions against Iran yet and is likely to further inflame conflict in the region and provoke severe retaliation.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bush; bushobama; fakenews; iran; iraq; killed; obama; rop; soleimani; tds; terrorist; worldwar3
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1 posted on 01/03/2020 12:37:34 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27
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Bush was too busy nation building and obozo is a pussy.


2 posted on 01/03/2020 12:38:14 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“obozo is a pussy.”

And a Muslim pussy at that.


3 posted on 01/03/2020 12:39:33 PM PST by antidemoncrat
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Because they are both pussies


4 posted on 01/03/2020 12:41:10 PM PST by yldstrk (Bingo! We have a winner!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

SPJNK.


5 posted on 01/03/2020 12:41:34 PM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

They are both from the UniParty, globalist elites, deep staters, etc.

Trump Best President Ever


6 posted on 01/03/2020 12:42:06 PM PST by TheConservativeParty (God Bless President Trump)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

They would have apologized to Japan over Pearl Harbor.


7 posted on 01/03/2020 12:42:26 PM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Obama was too busy bowing.


8 posted on 01/03/2020 12:43:02 PM PST by Huskrrrr
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Specifically, Slotkin cited the potential for retaliation from Iran against US troops, diplomats, and allied forces in the region as a major reason, writing that "it is critical that the Administration has thought out the moves and counter-moves this attack will precipitate."

They have been retailiating for decades, while we "monitor" the situation...sheesh.

McChrystal said that while "there was good reason" to attack Soleimani over the deaths of US forces by Iranian-placed roadside bombs in Iraq, "to avoid a firefight, and the contentious politics that would follow, I decided that we should monitor the caravan, not strike immediately."

9 posted on 01/03/2020 12:43:16 PM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: ChicagoConservative27

One is a Muslim, and the other thinks,”Islam is a religion of peace”.


10 posted on 01/03/2020 12:44:01 PM PST by EEGator
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To: SkyDancer
I have it on good sources that was the germans anyway


11 posted on 01/03/2020 12:46:19 PM PST by z3n
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To: ChicagoConservative27

trump has convinced quite a few people that islam is a religion of pieces...


12 posted on 01/03/2020 12:47:48 PM PST by heavy metal (relax everyone those aren't earthquakes, just the reverberations of three years of stompy feet)
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“The killing of the high-level commander, first reported by Iraqi state TV and later confirmed in a Pentagon statement, is the US’s most significant escalation of tensions against Iran yet and is likely to further inflame conflict in the region and provoke severe retaliation.”

How many Americans and civilians were killed in the past two decades as a consequence of Bush’s and Obama’s reticence? How does that compare to the “escalation” and “further inflame” and “severe retaliation” that the author frets about?


13 posted on 01/03/2020 12:48:31 PM PST by rightwingcrazy (;-,)
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How many Americans and civilians were killed in the past two decades as a consequence of Bush’s and Obama’s reticence?

hundreds more than a mother of all attacks that never happens.

14 posted on 01/03/2020 12:50:42 PM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Retaliate and get your 3 oil refineries obliterated.

How’s that gonna work out for you???


15 posted on 01/03/2020 12:51:11 PM PST by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
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To: Huskrrrr

Well when you’re used to going on the “down low” that’s what you do:-)


16 posted on 01/03/2020 12:53:22 PM PST by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
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To: ChicagoConservative27

One was a muslim, the other a muslim accomplice.


17 posted on 01/03/2020 1:01:21 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Too bad he wasn’t nation building the USA.


18 posted on 01/03/2020 1:03:40 PM PST by desertfreedom765
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No Bush was too busy spreading Muslim propaganda...Islam is a religion of peace.


19 posted on 01/03/2020 1:03:49 PM PST by 556x45
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Benghazi - 13 hours begging for help, soldiers told to stand down
Baghdad attack - 13 minutes until help is on the way, 13 hours until the mastermind is dead in a strategic strike.


20 posted on 01/03/2020 1:04:28 PM PST by tbw2
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