Posted on 01/12/2020 7:42:58 PM PST by 11th_VA
TORONTO -- The CEO of Maple Leaf Foods spoke out Sunday against the U.S. government, days after an Iranian missile accidentally shot down a jetliner, killing all 176 people on board -- including the family of a company employee. Michael McCain said in a series of tweets that the time since Wednesday's crash has not quelled his anger over what he describes as a "needless, irresponsible series of events in Iran."
"U.S. government leaders unconstrained by checks/balances, concocted an ill-conceived plan to divert focus from political woes. The world knows Iran is a dangerous state, but the world found a path to contain it; not perfect but by most accounts it was the right direction," he wrote, saying he feels that "a narcissist in Washington" destabilized the region. The tweets were sent from the official Maple Leaf Foods account, though McCain characterized them as "personal reflections."
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Robby Starbuck @robbystarbuck · 1h Replying to @MapleLeafFoods It’s not Trump’s fault that Iran can’t tell the difference between a plane and a missile. Ridiculous that you’d try to fault him for the incompetence of the Iranian regime on the other side of the world. Your leader in Canada is more likely to wear blackface than show backbone.
Iran has been a pain in the rear for CENTURIES. They have an enormous chip on their shoulder.
President Trump answered them in the ONLY way they understand: force.
Supposedly, Russia told Iran they should’ve blamed the US for escalating things instead of taking responsibility. Glad to see our “Allies” taking Russia’s advice. </sarcasm>
Ooooo, that is a big bite in the butt for our neighbor to the north.
This is why people make fun of Canada. It’s a ridiculous place.
Significant phrasing. Iran is a Russian proxy in many (though not all) ways.
This guy is a Canadian. The War of 1812 has been over for more than 100 years. Deal with it!
And now you will be getting Me-gain Markle and her anchor baby. LOL Enjoy!
Donald Trump destabilized NOTHING. Middle Easteners have been waging violence against the West since at least the 1972 Munich Olympics. Using non-violence against these cretins is pointless.
LOL! Thanks!
What? Who?
Say something nasty about the US or Trump, and the MSM will give you 15 minutes of fame! Act now!
Iran shot down a civilian airliner Michael.
I didn’t know that food could be made from maple leaves. What a hoser
Michael McCain, Your greedy, weak, joke of a nation is 100% dependent on the United States. Not just military security but for every freedom you enjoy.
Be grateful or kill yourself.
But no complaints about Tehran ATC who gave the ok for the off into hostile air space nor the Ukrainian pilot who took the risk. Yup. All America’s fault.
Someone please tell him to go and F himself.
Thank you very much.
Hose off, eh?
This idiot really needs to answer why is Canada doing business with Iran at any level? Your Iranian friends just made Canadian bacon out of your countrymen, because your country decided to do business with a terrorists supporting country that attacked the US. We killed a foreign terrorist that wasn’t supposed to be in Iraq
So here the reality test for Canada. What will your worthless and weak governemt do now that you know Iran killed your citizens? Answer, nothing because your worthless and weak! Viva Trump for standing up for us when our servicemen were being killed. Who will stand up for you?
Missile launches tend to activate restricted airspace corridors. ATC Departure control is giving very specific direction, altitudes, speed limits, and nav way intersections constantly to air traffic. Nobody just kicks the tires, lights the fires, and takes off!! It's a very controlled and consistent process.
If this guy thinks his opinion matters an iota to our President he’s been smoking Crack.
On that not Yahoo and AOL have been featuring for days now a poll of effete Euro’s saying that they trust Putin more than they trust our President and another poll stating that Americans like Obama’s stance on Iran more than Trumps.
Neither of those articles have any data at all or links to data at all on the internals of those polls.
More Fake News.
Not fake news is the mass protests against Iranian Mullahs by Iranian peoples even in the face of death by snipers that have executed at least 2000 of the protesters that we know of.
These protesters avoided stepping on giant US and Israeli flags placed in their path by the mullahs hoping for a photo op to be published and spread by the Lib media.
We have to emergently send Marines and other military to Iraq, reroute ships, and defend our embassy from Iranians and their proxies - though we are in Iraq, not Iran.
We respond by targeting, while he is in Iraq, an Iranian terrorist, who is on international terrorist lists. He is in Iraq to coordinate more unrest and anti-American actions - at the behest of his brutal regime in Iran that has much blood on its hands.
Our action is focused, and finite, and occurs FIVE days before Iran launches missiles at our bases in Iraq. At that time we are not involved in any military actions against Iran, and have no planes or missiles in Iran or anywhere near Tehran.
The Iranian government, knowing they are launching missile strikes, does not ground civilian and commercial flights, and they shoot down a plane with 176 innocent people on board.
How is this our fault? We have an absolute right to protect our people.
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