Posted on 01/04/2020 4:53:24 AM PST by Kaslin
The Democrats are absolutely devastated. They were certain that President Trump would start a war with Iran, but instead he’s keeping the rogue regime in line using tactics that would never occur to any Democrat.
The Democratic Party has always been uncomfortable with the notion of America winning, and their irrational, undying hatred of Donald Trump makes it even harder for liberals to process the news that a U.S. airstrike took out the general in charge of Iran’s elite Quds Force, Qassim Soleimani. The leading Democratic presidential candidates, for instance, had to resort to some fairly awkward rhetorical contortions in response to this undeniable victory for the Free World.
Former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Elizabeth Warren must have compared notes before taking to Twitter — or else they ran their messaging by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for approval — because both made the same points using almost identical language. Both candidates acknowledged that Gen. Soleimani was a brutal terrorist responsible for thousands of deaths, including hundreds of American soldiers, yet they insisted that it was wrong to eliminate this warmongering menace because it might risk “escalating” tensions with Iran.
Sen. Bernie Sanders didn’t even bother with the niceties of condemning Soleimani’s crimes. He just threw out the preposterous accusation that killing Solemani was a “dangerous escalation” and that President Trump was therefore breaking his promise to end “endless wars.”
That argument is facially absurd — if anything, the exact opposite is true. With Solemani’s death, Iran lost one of its most aggressive and provocative commanders, and the ease with which the United States dispatched with such a high-value target will undoubtedly give pause to the other war hawks in the Iranian military. As an added bonus, the strike also took out the deputy commander of the Iranian militias who recently coordinated an attack on the U.S. Embassy in Iraq. It was a forceful reminder that Iran cannot attack America with impunity, and that we have the capability to retaliate against Iranian aggression with a wide variety of creative and devastating actions short of war.
Biden and Warren, like almost everyone else in their Party, have boxed themselves into a corner with their constant demonization of President Trump. They knew they would sound foolish if they tried to downplay or ignore Soleimani’s crimes, yet they could hardly afford to praise the President, so they came up with the warped idea that ridding the world of this monster was somehow a bad strategic move for America. The only charitable explanation for their delusion is that they genuinely believe America’s only foreign policy option in every circumstance is between unilateral surrender or total war.
Now that the President has demonstrated the possibility of a restrained military response to Iran’s provocations by authorizing the strike on Soleimani before he could carry out the next attack he was planning in Iraq, the Democrats find themselves in the uncomfortable position of having to condemn an operation that was an unmitigated success. Thanks to President Trump’s bold and decisive action, the American people are more safe, our allies are more secure, and the forces of evil in every corner of the world have been put on notice. If any Democratic politician were to acknowledge that, though, their political career would be over before they could even tweet out their apologies for neglecting the ABCs of contemporary Democratic politics: Always Be Criticizing Donald Trump.
American citizens are justifiably proud that our commander-in-chief struck such a resounding blow on behalf of law, order, and civilization. Democratic politicians and partisans are just despondent because that commander-in-chief happens to be President Trump — a man they evidently consider a greater enemy than the tyrannical thugs in Iran.
Brett Velicovich is a U.S. Army veteran and author of “Drone Warrior: An Elite Soldier's Inside Account of the Hunt for America's Most Dangerous Enemies”
Or, as someone else pointed out, if President Trump keeps this up, Omoeba won't have anyone else left to bow to.
It’s a wonder Democrats can even walk as many times as they’ve shot themselves in the feet.
Democrat strategy for getting along has always been capitulation. Obama’s Iran deal gave them basically everything they wanted, and nothing for us. The most important thing for them is not getting terrorists and mass murderers to hate you. Apologize instead for noticing too much what they’re doing. Even make back door deals to keep them happy. Pretend that they’re not killing people around the world with their sponsoring of terrorism.
Democrat presidential candidates voiced their cowardice.
I’d say an uncharitable explanation is far more likely: they’re on Iran’s payroll.
No.
He was an enemy soldier, a commander of an irregular army at war with the United States.
And legitimate target.
A hallmark of progressivism is the negative unintended consequences they continually suffer from, from their actions and words. Another is the cognitive dissonance they are often afflicted with. Last is their continuous lying and hypocrisy.
If this is not mental disorder, what is?
This is our U.S. Congress today.
Here’s a thought. If the democRATS want to surrender, let them surrender to the Commander in Chief, President Trump. Unimaginable weal and blessing will sweep over our Nation when they do.
Democrat strategy for getting along has always been capitulation. Obama’s Iran deal gave them basically everything they wanted, and nothing for us. The most important thing for them is not getting terrorists and mass murderers to hate you. Apologize instead for noticing too much what they’re doing. Even make back door deals to keep them happy. Pretend that they’re not killing people around the world with their sponsoring of terrorism.
Tucker 39:
Here’s a thought. If the democRATS want to surrender, let them surrender to the Commander in Chief, President Trump. Unimaginable weal and blessing will sweep over our Nation when they do.
——tactics that would never occur to any Democrat.-——
Tactically, the devastating attack on a vehicle carrying the Quds leadership in Iraq was the result of brilliant planning, patience and execution. Barely mentioned is the revealed fact that General Solemani was enroute to the Baghdad airport from Lebanon.
The attack staged a drone in position and then loitered in place until the general deplaned, loaded in the vehicle and departed the airport. Simple enough, but the implication of the knowledge about the general’s travel, the Iraqi vehicle travel plans and the logistics of the drone are huge.
An superficial analysis should strike mortal fear into all Iranian leaders in Iraq and all Iraqi leaders dealing with Iranians. President shouted to them loudly “I know where you are and what you are doing” “I can kill you”
The DeeperDemos are in full outrage, “They wanted a war but on their terms!”
Was the general invited to Iraq diplomatically or was he just making the rounds?
If invited, it might be a bit more difficult to explain the outcome in the long term.
Best comment so far is that the Dems will add the assassination of this terrorist to their next round of impeachments against President Trump. And still not forward it to the senate.
On the plus side, they will bring forward Ilhan Omar, Linda Sarsour, and CAIR forward to testify how the dead guy was such a good man, and forbid the Republicans from asking any questions at all. Or making statements afterwards.
Over the past few days I’ve been thinking that the best analogy would be imagining the GOP leadership in 1943 complaining loudly about how FDR didn’t consult them first before ordering the attack on Gen. Yamamoto’s plane resulting in his death, and a WaPo headline the next day, “Airstrike in South Pacific kills Japan’s most revered military leader, Isoroku Yamamoto, Japanese state radio reports.” (Hint: you can’t imagine it.)
When you Hate America and then Trump has us on a YUUGE winning streak, you become insanely distraught.
I’ve ALWAYS wondered why it’s better to have huge armies in the field slaughtering each other than to take out rogue leaders who initiate the slaughter.
Would it have been bad to take out the Japanese military leadership in 1937 when their intentions were clear?
And of course, killing Hitler is cliche.
The true war mongers in the western democracies who are those who are squeamish about killing the true war mongers in the world.
Events such as these are helpful, as they provide a window into dems’ future behavior in the event we ever have to fight another war of national survival.
Even if does increase the risk, the ratio of benefit to risk is acceptable and so the well formedness criterion for acting is met
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