Posted on 01/07/2020 3:29:04 PM PST by rxsid
Iranian retaliation begins with missile attack on Iraqi airbase
By TZVI JOFFRE JANUARY 8, 2020 01:21
Initial reports stated that 9 rockets hit the Ain al-Assad airbase on Tuesday. The base hosts American soldiers.
Heavy missile attacks were carried out by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps on the Ain al-Assad air base in Iraq that hosts both Iraqi and US soldiers on Tuesday night. Nine missiles hit the airbase, according to Al-Hadath.
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Sadly, there are probably observers outside most of our strategic bases, sending info on changes in traffic, via social media. Nothing the military hasn’t been dealing with for a long time.
The drunken vile Botoxian is at a snooty social event, she can’t be bothered with real responsibilities!!!!
Meanwhile President Trump is standing tall, working long hours, doing the hard work of protecting our country.
Someone else came up with this, can't remember who, but it's epic:
Gal Qaeda
Oh brother, now Kennedy is on Fox Biz... in a silly pink outfit....
Will switch over to Hannity and see if he is insufferable...
By making them more uncomfortable but not attacking them, it is the mullahs that will get ‘the horn’ because they cannot supply or protect their people. More discomfort, more chance of revolution, IMO.
Hannity is on now. He’s doing great.
I’d like to see them level the cultural , “Ministry for virtue and prevention of vice” building. Religious police need virgins most of all.
*** Sorry FRiend, having come in late and reading further down it seems at least some, if not all, of this actually happened.
Apologies. ***
We can use the Fog of War excuse. It’s gonna happen. At least we finally know the name of the Muslim US defense contractor killed prior to all this.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3806374/posts
Sorry, a nation that doesn’t respond to this type of attack doesn’t survive as a nation.
I agree. President Trump is in a good position here. They did really have to go big. If Trump keeps his cool he could have a royal flush
https://twitter.com/AlexWardVox/status/1214725728631246850
If that's all there was, it wasn't the massive attack that seemed to be occurring early on.
Agenda Free is up.
That Brit accent guy on FBN sounds good though. Just stating facts and reporting news. Refreshing to hear news that isn’t full of opinion.
I’m missing him; I have choir practice.
“The second the Shah was kicked out of Iran, that was the end of Iran.
We knew some Persians. who were here before the Shah was deposed, and some who escaped the Mullahs. They warned us about the new Iran with the Mullahs. How we would be portrayed as the Great evil Satan.
A son was in College and had several Persian Classmates,and they told him the same thing our Persian friends said. The Iranian thugs who came into his college were bathless and complete dirty animals.
About 2 years, ago the Persians, we knew were selling their excellent businesses in California and just disappeared. An Iraqi Muslim business person, we knew, felt they had sold their businesses to have funds to go back to Iran when something like this happened and have cash to help the good Persians.
We will see.
Well, Al Assad (as we call it) is a big air base. 10 miles to the perimeter defense ring. Probably Shahab-2 missiles were used. They’re not too accurate, about 1/4 mile CEP.
yessir
“He’s like that smarmy honors student we all knew in high school. He’s really impressed with himself for how clever he is, but he lacks common sense.”
An Intellectual yet an Idiot?
“This is symbolic to save face and they know escalation would hurt them more than it would harm us...They restored their honor and its going to cool down. They made their point.”
I’d also agree with this, providing no US casualties, or extensive damage to our facilities/equipment. I do understand others who want to send them to the Stone Age...but I’d prefer that the Mullahs be taken out by the masses there, or at least give the masses and opportunity to take them out first - less change of things going out of control.
I think the answer as to whether this ‘attack’ was meant to escalate or de-escalate will be clear in the way Trump reacts, either verbally or via Twitter.
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