Posted on 01/12/2020 4:59:36 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
President Trump calls his military clash with Iran over a besieged U.S. embassy “the opposite of Benghazi,” and people close to him say it’s impossible to overstate how deeply Mr. Trump was influenced by the fatal 2012 terrorist attack on the U.S. facilities in Libya, and by President Obama’s weak response.
When Iran-backed forces attacked the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad and set fires to the walls of the compound, Mr. Trump quickly ordered a contingent of Marines to defend the complex.
Then he ordered a drone strike in Baghdad that killed Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, a designated terrorist believed to have plotted the embassy assault and to have been planning more attacks on Americans.
SEE ALSO: Trump warns Iran: ‘Do not kill your protesters’
“You can’t underestimate the impact that had on the president’s decision, when he saw the burned-out embassy in Baghdad,” said Christopher Ruddy, a longtime friend of the president. “I think he was pretty shocked.”
Mr. Ruddy said the president has always considered the deaths of four Americans, including the ambassador to Libya, in an Islamist attack on a U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi “a shameful mark on our country’s standing in the world.”
“And he thinks part of that was Obama’s weakness that led to it — people thought they could get away without reprisals,” Mr. Ruddy said.
In the wake of the U.S. clash with Iran, the Iranian government admitted its air defense forces shot down a Ukrainian passenger jet taking off from Tehran last week, killing all 176 people aboard. The revelation has led to anti-government street protests in Iran, and Mr. Trump warned Iranian leaders Sunday, “DO NOT KILL YOUR PROTESTERS. Thousands have already been killed or imprisoned by you, and the World is watching. More importantly, the USA is watching.”
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Has anyone been on record to ask them? When Hillary was questioned on Benghazi, they didn’t ask her this?
Yes. He has donated money to Hillary Clinton.
If that’s what you’re going by, so has Donald Trump.
Newsmax did have a political agenda under Ruddy. I'm not sure what he had to gain by supporting Hillary. I'm not saying he is untrustworthy, I'm just suspicious. Just look at all the people who have stabbed President Trump in the back so far. We thought a lot of them were dyed-in-the-wool Conservatives or at least patriots.
I’m not saying you’re wrong about Ruddy, I don’t know. His reporting on Vince Foster’s death was practically an indictment of Hillary as the murderer though. About all it lacked was an eyewitness account.
As for Newsmax, I tried to read it when it first began but their reporting didn’t hold my interest. I haven’t paid any attention to it since.
FReegards! TE
FReep on.
He caught the youtube video guy red handed.
Interesting that Nakoula the film maker is also a FedMob stooge.
Producer Of Anti-Islam Film Was Fed Snitch
L.A. man began cooperating after 2009 fraud bustInteresting that Nakoula's websites track back to connections with 0bama.
Proof Positive - In My Opinion (who created Innocence of Muslims)(Obama)Interesting that Nakoula's partner in the film was a palestinian Muslim with terrorist connections who was also watched by the Feds for three decades but never arrested and frequently bailed out by the Feds.
Why is the Coptic Christian filmmaker partners in crime with Coptic Christian hater?
- Nakoula is a FedMob snitch.
- Nakoula's partner in the film was Eiad Salameh, a Palestinian Muslim.
- AFAIK Nakoula was never a film maker before. He was a check kiter.
- The film was not originally about Mohammed.
- Clips from the film were first aired on Egyptian TV just 3-4 days before Sept. 11th by a hardline 'tele-Islamist.'
- 0bama, Hillary and Rice have repeatedly made a point of saying that the U.S. gov had "nothing to do with the film." Something no one in the world would have ever thought.
- 0bama and Hillary have engaged in a major campaign of disinformation to blame the film and apologize for it.
Nakoula and Eiad may have made the film.
Someone else handled "distribution" and "promotion" in Egypt.
Why yes, I was kidding. That’s some good digging on that subject, btw.
I am also pretty sure that the first time the much of the world heard of that video was when the white house mentioned it.
Carter should have bitch-slapped these clowns 40 years ago.”
I still have the January 1981 Des Moines Register that I kept from the day Reagan was inaugurated .
Double headline that day.
“Reagan Takes Office” and “Iran Hostages Released”.
The Iranians knew a fierce ass kicking would have come their way, so they released the hostages minutes before Reagan was President.
Carter should have bitch-slapped these clowns 40 years ago.”
I still have the January 1981 Des Moines Register that I kept from the day Reagan was inaugurated .
Double headline that day.
“Reagan Takes Office” and “Iran Hostages Released”.
The Iranians knew a fierce ass kicking would have come their way, so they released the hostages minutes before Reagan was President.
Sorry, I wasn’t sure if you were kidding or not. :)
Did all that back when the subject was hot. The video on Youtube (fourth version of four videos) had less than 100 views when viewed by a FReeper 2-3 days after the attack. (I don’t recall his name.)
Yep. I might have been there. Remember smelling something foul with the whole story line early on.
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