Posted on 01/08/2020 8:59:29 AM PST by edwinland
The morning after Iranian missiles fell on bases housing American troops in Iraq, the president said no Americans were harmed and Iran now “appears to be standing down.”
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General Washington Backs Away From Further Military Conflict with Great Britain
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It is most probable that we are planning further strikes, militarily and economically. That said, We never want to get pulled into a fight on the enemies terms, we want a fight on our terms (a la Sun Tzu). Keep in mind, you and I Do not know what the Russians, Turks, and Chinese are doing. Getting NATO rallied for future action is a wise.
I was asking myself — what the heck? Iran launched 15 ballistic missiles and essentially hit NOTHING !
Either their AIM is so bad and they’re incompetent or they deliberately hit nothing.
If the former, then they’re worse than I thought ( but I don’t underestimate them since they were able to hit our drone when they wanted to ).
This “face-saving” measure is consistent with the reports we’ve been hearing that their own propaganda WITHIN Iran for their own people tells them that they killed dozens of our troops.
The years leading up to WWI were filled with intrigue and plotting as world leaders were looking for an advantage over their neighbors. Secret deals and secret mutual aid agreements were the norm as the leaders each sought an advantage.
The fact that the assassination of an obscure Duke that no one really like lead to the death of millions in the first world war and millions more twenty years later in the second world war is amazing in hindsight.
The world stumbled blindly into WWI because no one understood what the war would be like and they would lose “face” if they back down.
President Trump made a decision to stop and step back (and get control over the situation) and is allowing Iran to re-think their actions.
What does Iran gain by going to war with the US?
NY Times Today: Trump Chickens Out!
The title should be “Trump receives warning from Iran to evacuate troops from base, but also continues to increases sanctions.”
It’s true — Iran warned Iraq an hour ahead of the missile strike.
I consider this to be epic. And I will amplify how I feel about this. Of the events that have happened over the last 50 years, the one this most compares to in significance is the tearing down of the Berlin wall. This is one of the greatest political wins in the last half century, IMO. This will be a hard win to surpass. And a side note was just how foolish and fearful his political opponents made themselves look stateside. Fodder for the election cycle.
A strong source of my perspective is this article:
https://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/296604/iran-and-america-are-suddenly-both-naked
It not only slams Iran. It slams the US leadership for its complicitness and cowardice ever since 1979. Trump fixed it in less than a week.
This is truly epic.
Trump Backs Away From Further Campaigning Against Hillary
LOL - funny 'cause it's so true!
In our instant gratification and 24 hour news cycle society the patience and playing the long game are very out of fashion.
A studied and measured response is preferable to a knee jerk reaction every time.
I needed a bunch of newspaper last fall (to wrap green tomatoes) so I bought a Sunday NY Times because it was the thickest Sunday paper. It was NINE DOLLARS!!!
New Yorkers must be really stupid for reading that crap. When was the last time they were right?
When was the last time the VOTERS were right in that stinkin’ town? Asshole politicians and liberal voters......just damn!
Nope that just today’s lie from the Fake News
I heard from the Daily Wire (Ben Shapiro) that Iran inform the prime minister of Iraq that missiles would be coming in an hour. That’s a heads up from a hostile country that doesn’t want to lose face or start a major war.
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