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Kissed by a Hellfire Missile
Townhall.com ^ | January 4, 2020 | D.W. Wilber

Posted on 01/04/2020 3:37:39 AM PST by Kaslin

Since 1979 the Islamic Republic of Iran has been at war with the United States. Generally a very one-sided war with only the Iranian fanatics in Tehran inflicting any casualties. The United States has been reluctant to really engage Iran, partly out of fear of things escalating into a larger regional conflict. And partly out of some misguided belief that one can negotiate with religious fanatics and expect them to abide by any treaty or agreement they enter into.

In 1979 the Iranian regime took and held American diplomats hostage for four hundred forty four days, only releasing them when they feared that the recently elected American President Ronald Reagan would not be weak and indecisive like his predecessor Jimmy Carter. It was the fear of a strong American leader that convinced Iran that it was in their best interests to release the Americans they were holding.

But just because the feckless and weak Carter Administration had been hustled out of office by Ronald Reagan, that did not stop the Iranians from continuing to take individual Americans hostage. Or to commit other acts of terrorism around the world and meddle in the business of other nations, supporting and fomenting insurrection where they could.

Iran has been and continues to be a bad actor on the world stage. In Iraq during America’s involvement there, Iran was directly responsible for the maiming and killing of thousands of American service members.

The Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, whose recent departure from this world was facilitated by the United States military on the orders of President Trump, was a particularly unpleasant fellow. His hands were covered in American blood.

And while the Democrats here in the U.S. applaud the fact that Soleimani is now taking a dirt nap, they simply cannot applaud President Trump for a job well done. In fact one can almost hear them and their media sycophants quietly and in hushed tones hoping for a massive Iranian retaliatory attack causing many American deaths. Then they can all shout out in unison, “See, I told you so, Orange Man bad!”

The Democrats in Congress have complained that they were not consulted prior to the operation that resulted in killing Soleimani. Why would the president inform them beforehand about a pending military operation ? It’s not a good strategy to let the enemy know what your intentions are. And the Democrats are most definitely the enemy of this president and his administration, and it’s guaranteed they would have done something to try to undercut President Trump’s decision to act.

The Democrats have repeatedly proven themselves to be untrustworthy in protecting sensitive information, and they clearly pose the greatest internal threat to our nation. I wouldn’t trust any of them to protect the combination to a wall locker in the congressional gym, much less information about a military operation. You can rest assured that your smelly socks and jockstrap would be rifled through in the gym, and any shared military plans would be publicly leaked to our enemies.

Democrats such as former Obama Secretary of State John Kerry have even been meeting with the Iranian regime’s leadership, offering them advice on how to oppose President Trump and America’s own national interests. During America’s revolution against British colonial rule Benedict Arnold did pretty much the same thing, and he would have been hanged had he not fled the country. Consequently Arnold’s name has forever since been associated with treason. Why the long face John?

One would almost expect to see Kerry head up a delegation from the Obama Administration to Tehran to attend Soleimani’s funeral. And certainly Obama’s most trusted senior advisor Valerie Jarrett is probably wearing black and in deep mourning. Perhaps that great strategic planner and intellect Ben Rhodes can write a novel about the Obama Administration’s duplicity and selling out America to the evil Iranian regime.

The fact is that President Trump showed great courage in giving the order to unleash hell on Soleimani and his party on the streets of Baghdad. Certainly he was fully briefed on the fact that retaliation could result, and he determined that killing the beast Soleimani was worth the risk.

Thankfully, we have a president now who isn’t afraid to act decisively when called upon. And while his predecessor bent over backwards kissing up to the Iranians and achieving nothing, the kiss President Trump gave them will be much more effective and much longer lasting.


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KEYWORDS: airstrikes; carter; gapeanutfarmer; iran; presidenttrump; soleimani
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To: grey_whiskers

The blustering though, it’s what they want. To incite. To cause war.


21 posted on 01/04/2020 5:57:40 AM PST by Rebel Egg
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To: Rebel Egg
Soleimani was the one behind using roadside IEDs which shot molten copper through the walls of our armored vehicles.

You know, in Iraq. Even though he was Iranian, not Iraqi.

Yes, he did well against ISIS. But that was because we had a Muslim usurper in the White House, who helped create ISIS.

This targeted killing is decades too late. Both Dubya and 0moeba, pissed away their chances to take him out.

Because they are both Deep State.

22 posted on 01/04/2020 6:02:14 AM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: Rebel Egg
Vaporizing the Muslim leaders is not blustering.

Blustering is what your lover 0moeba did.

From 0moeba's inaugural address:

"Change is realizing that meeting today's threats requires not just our firepower, but the power of our diplomacy—tough, direct diplomacy where the president of the United States isn't afraid to let any petty dictator know where America stands and what we stand for. We must once again have the courage and conviction to lead the free world. That is the legacy of Roosevelt, and Truman, and Kennedy. That's what the American people want. That's what change is. "

...and when Neda Soltan was shot down in cold blood, during the 2009 Green Revolution (which 0moeba did not lift a finger to help), what was the Muslim usurper doing instead?

In Martha's Vineyard, IIRC. Same place where he bought a $15 million mansion after retiring.

Where'd he get all that money? Kickback after shipping $1.5 billion in cash to Iran, maybe?

23 posted on 01/04/2020 6:05:36 AM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: Rumplemeyer

Attacking an embassy is an overt act of war. Everything is on the table.

CC


24 posted on 01/04/2020 6:09:57 AM PST by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV)
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To: samtheman

We needn’t take out their oil fields. Instead we take out their refineries. Iran has plenty of oil, but insufficient refining capacity. In fact, they outsource a lot of it. Destroy their domestic refining capacity and watch their economy grind to a halt.

CC


25 posted on 01/04/2020 6:18:34 AM PST by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV)
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To: Celtic Conservative

We needn’t take out their oil fields. Instead we take out their refineries. Iran has plenty of oil, but insufficient refining capacity. In fact, they outsource a lot of it. Destroy their domestic refining capacity and watch their economy grind to a halt.

I stand corrected.

Thank you.

Great idea!


26 posted on 01/04/2020 6:19:26 AM PST by samtheman (I hope someone close to Trump is reading FR every day.)
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To: grey_whiskers

So if I have a different perspective, that automatically puts me on the other side?


27 posted on 01/04/2020 6:21:57 AM PST by Rebel Egg
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To: Rebel Egg
So if I have a different perspective, that automatically puts me on the other side?

Liberals love to wank off over "open mindedness." That is, until they're the ones who have to change their mind.

...consider the possibility that you have been sold a bill of goods, and you didn't have all the relevant information.

28 posted on 01/04/2020 6:25:02 AM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: grey_whiskers

Nope, just don’t want to fall in the collective war agenda. I can see the cards the trickster is holding.


29 posted on 01/04/2020 6:35:33 AM PST by Rebel Egg
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To: Rebel Egg

Then you’re just a troll.
Sod off.


30 posted on 01/04/2020 7:08:08 AM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: grey_whiskers

Where’d he get all that money? Kickback after shipping $1.5 billion in cash to Iran, maybe?

Ever wonder why he went on a world tour after retiring to visit banks??.


31 posted on 01/04/2020 7:11:35 AM PST by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: grey_whiskers

Yeah I don’t sod off anymore. I did once. It was a mistake.

I stand by belief that there is a war agenda being played here that feeds dark forces, that want to cause chaos upon earth, so they can gain total control.

And the very reactions of aggression and one-way thinking, they don’t hinder these evil forces, and their nefarious agenda, but they actually quicken it’s pace.

So we need to be careful..


32 posted on 01/04/2020 7:29:47 AM PST by Rebel Egg
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To: Celtic Conservative

We needn’t even do that.

Take out their leadership.

Cut the head off of a snake to kill it; don’t wrestle in the grass with it.

In fact, that’s what we’re doing right now.

Remember when Iran used swarms of boys running over the minefields to get to the Iraqi lines during their war with Saddam? They really didn’t and don’t care if the little guy dies.

They care if the big boss dies.


33 posted on 01/04/2020 7:30:41 AM PST by Alas Babylon! (The prisons do not fill themselves. Get moving, Barr!)
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To: Kaslin

Nazi Pelosi and Chuckie need a kiss.


34 posted on 01/04/2020 7:32:23 AM PST by Scott from the Left Coast (It's the corruption, stupid)
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To: Rebel Egg
Bend over like 0moeba.

And straighten your bowtie.

Tired of losers like you.

35 posted on 01/04/2020 7:33:01 AM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: grey_whiskers

I use to be like you. Then something happened. God changed me. It was as if he said ‘son, now all you have to do is tidy up a few character flaws, and you just might become a rational man’

We need to think things through these days. Not for the right or the left. But for God.


36 posted on 01/04/2020 7:55:44 AM PST by Rebel Egg
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To: Rebel Egg

Ahh, you’re one of those Dem infiltrators, attempting to peel off Christian support for Trump.

No sale.


37 posted on 01/04/2020 7:58:02 AM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: grey_whiskers

Nope. Overcoming the devil and his perpetual war machine. Is my purpose these days.


38 posted on 01/04/2020 8:05:21 AM PST by Rebel Egg
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To: Rebel Egg

Huh. Let’s see your posting history during the 0moeba years with his 2800 drone strikes, mmmkay?


39 posted on 01/04/2020 8:07:25 AM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: Rebel Egg

Oh. NO history during Obama.
Troll.


40 posted on 01/04/2020 8:08:02 AM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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