Posted on 01/08/2020 6:56:01 AM PST by SeekAndFind
While the funeral for General Soleimani proceeds in Kerman, Iran, the military, with the blessing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, fired 15 ballistic missiles at two bases in Iraq. The bases in Erbil in the north and Al-Assad in the west were targeted, while other bases with greater numbers of American soldiers and far closer to the Iranian border were avoided. To some, this might appear curious since as of this writing there are no American casualties.
This would appear to be a significantly minimal attack, possibly a face-saving threat necessary in the belligerent Middle East. Possibly, four missiles did not even reach their targets.
Ballistic missiles tend to be quite accurate (at least ours are), but Iranian missiles tend to be questionable. Perhaps the Iranians used these weapons since they are not so accurate, or because they felt that the risk of hitting people was low. They were fired at large bases that are well protected, at areas less likely to have soldiers. The bases are Iraqi and not American, though our soldiers were housed there for the purpose of helping Iraqis combat ISIS.
So far, the American response under Trump has been to wait and determine what action to undertake. The (W.) Bush administration hoped to effect change in the region by overthrowing Iraqs Saddam Hussein, who was funding terrorism mostly affecting Israel. He did not initially attempt to nation-build but got caught in the effort. It led to his failure in this regard, since a sectarian nation not ready for modern democratic institutions became prey to regional powers such as Iran and ISIS.
President Obama thought vacating Iraq and negotiating with Iran through money payments (which have financed further terrorism) might change the situation.
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Pivot to negotiations.
Reagan was asked to explain his Cold War Strategy. He replied: “We win”.
That really is an essential piece of thinking.
President Trump seems to do everything in a similar way. “America wins”. That doesn’t mean he opposes a win-win through negotiation. But he won’t agree to live with Terrorism. He won’t send $150B over to Iran for a shallow political victory. Trump wants to win this one and change the rules of power in the Middle East.
Iran gave advance notice to Iraq and Finland that they planned to lob the missiles.
Finland is believed to be a US intermediary in behind-the-scenes efforts to smooth out the problems.
BBC is still reporting Iranian Propaganda ,it’s sicking
In fact, President Trump lives according to this:
People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.Trump's enemies do not believe this of him because they do not want to believe it of him. If they did, they would understand his behavior. They don't want to understand his behavior, and they don't want anyone else to understand it.If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies. Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and sincere people may deceive you. Be honest and sincere anyway.
What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight. Create anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous. Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, will often be forgotten. Do good anyway.
Give the best you have, and it will never be enough. Give your best anyway.
In the final analysis, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway.
~attributed to Mother Teresa~
~practiced by President Donald Trump~
Truth is inconvenient for them, and it's a threat. That's why they are trying to destroy him.
He towers over them intellectually and morally. They don't understand this. They don't want to understand this. They do not want it to be true. But it is.
Hmmm. I think Trump’s Doctrine is more biblical. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a drone for a drone etc.
As long as no blood was spilled, like it was in Lebanon with the death of an American contractor, Trump will not respond, but if blood is spilled he will unleash all hell and fury, probably all 52 sites.
I think, at this point, it might be even polite of him to announce like 30 minutes in advance, that he’s going to take out these missile sites...every one of them, so as not to have Iranian casualties...
Then he’ll bomb them...retreat and see what they do.
Hopefully it will lead to some talking...
Deliberative pause and well informed reflection while considering causation, effects, purpose, and consequences.
Sounds like a reckless, irrational madman just like cnn nyt, wapo tell us.
He should try to find the location of the bearded diddlers so we can put the fear of God into them.
I like what you say, but how does that fit with Trump stating he is a counter puncher and similar sort sof things he does?
I don’t see that in mother teresa’s words that you say Trump lives according to.
At what point does everyday action become certified by the press as doctrine?
Is ordinary run of the mill executive action doctrine
I do. He does what he considers the right thing to do, and the opinions of others are beside the point.
but your reply is your taking what mother teresa wrote and tweaking it some to fit Trump’s behavior. there are some things she wrote he doesn’t follow: ie: he does at times antagonize situations how is that being kind, and it can be bait to make some one do some thing that Trump has to then forgive them for.
I support Trump have, even before he entered politics. I get his ways and know many of his good works that his critics ignore, but the only way you can say he “lives according to” what mother teresa wrote is in your simple sentence of summation, not her words.
I think he lives very much according to these principles.
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