Is it something to do with this?
Posted on 01/10/2020 7:46:42 AM PST by shortstop
It’s amazing how much the Democrats hate Trump.
The Democrats in Congress, the Democrats on the evening news, the Democrats in the college classrooms.
Their hatred for Donald Trump and the people who voted for him is so great and overpowering that it blinds them to truth and fairness. Hating Trump becomes their defining principle, their primary loyalty, their constant fixation.
Like this deal with Iran.
In the aftermath of what may be the transformative juncture in the relationship between Iran and the United States, the first bright spot since 1979, all the Democrats can come up with is gloom and denunciation. Further, they seem intent on undoing or obstructing the progress recent days have brought.
And they have brought great progress.
That fact is illustrated by contrasting two Iranian actions – the attack on the American embassy two weeks ago, and the missile strike of earlier this week. In the one, Iran feared no American retaliation, in the other, it went out of its way not to provoke the United States.
Two weeks ago, the Islamic Republic of Iran had contempt for the United States – and acted accordingly. This week, the Islamic Republic of Iran had fear and respect for the United States – and acted accordingly.
In the attack upon our embassy – the sovereign territory of the United States – Iran used AK47s, firebombs, grenades, and mortars to destroy American property and endanger American servicemembers and diplomats.
That’s because they had no respect for us, because they thought we were a joke. Because experiences with the four preceding American presidencies had convinced them that they could strike us with impunity and we would be too weak or cowardly to strike back.
So they tried to go Benghazi on our Baghdad embassy.
Then Trump killed their guy.
Instead of taking it, we fought back. We killed the Iranian general who ordered the attack on our embassy, and who had the blood of at least 600 Americans on his hands.
Apparently that got their attention.
Because this week we saw another Iran. An Iran that – for the first time in a generation – clearly didn’t want to screw with us.
Trump killed their guy, flew in some B52s, sent over the 82nd Airborne, turned some ships around, and the Iranians crapped their pants.
All of a sudden, the dynamic of the relationship had dramatically changed.
And as a consequence, the behavior of Iran dramatically changed.
As proof of that, when Iran launched its obligatory face-saving retaliation for the death of its general, it did so in a fashion clearly intended to not provoke the Americans.
Yes, it launched missiles at two Iraqi military installations being used by American GIs. But it picked the two installations farthest away from the missile launch sites – to allow for as much warning as possible – and it called ahead to make sure nobody got hurt. Not only did it pick installations where the likelihood of casualties – military and civilian – was lowest, but an hour before it launched its missiles, the Iranian military contacted the Iraqi military through official channels and notified it of the targets and attack times.
That allowed all the aircraft to get off the runway and all the men to get in bunkers.
And so it was that almost no equipment was damaged, and no one was injured.
It was a public relations retaliation, not a military retaliation. It was a sign that Iran didn’t want a fight.
And Iran didn’t want a fight because Donald Trump had shown that America would fight.
Finally.
It wasn’t #WorldWarIII, it was a new chapter in the relations between our two countries. And a chapter with opportunity for improved relations and agreements. Why? Because the guy who has contempt for you has no interest in making a deal with you. But the guy who fears you, he wants a deal.
And one blown up car on a Baghdad road may have put Iran in a frame of mind more conducive to playing nice with others.
Unless the Democrats eff it up.
Which seems to be what they are intent on doing.
Because in the hours immediately after Iran’s sham retaliation, the top Democrats in the House and Senate – as well as the usual candidates and squad members – called for a congressional block on the president’s ability to strike Iran. The Democrats in politics and on the news said that Trump could not be trusted, he had destabilized the region, only Iranian forbearance had saved us from cataclysm, and the Congress must make sure no aggressive act could be taken against Iran.
Which I’m sure the ayatollahs and Iranian generals appreciate.
And which I’m sure gives aid and comfort to our enemies.
It was fear of American military retaliation that made Iran mends its ways, and the Democrats want to take that fear of American military retaliation away.
Which would seem to free the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism to go back to the contempt of two weeks ago.
Let there be no confusion, killing the general was a power move that has already paid off in a more docile Iran. Trump did a good thing, not a bad thing.
No matter what the Democrats in politics and the press tell you.
Let there be no confusion, killing the general was a power move that has already paid off in a more docile Iran. Trump did a good thing, not a bad thing.
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yup
demonrats seem intent on reversing progress with anything...
“it blinds them to truth and fairness.”
For them, “truth” is whatever they believe, and “fairness” is whatever they want. They’re always blind.
Absolutely right!
Dems don’t care about the country. They see every event as an opportunity to gain an advantage. So, for the dems, the situation in Iran was not about our president killing a very dangerous terrorist. It was an opportunity to convince the public, with the willing help of a compliant media, that Trump is a warmonger and should be kicked out of office.
Dems should be kicked out of office for giving aid and comfort to the enemy.
The dems have been doing everything they can to get America into a shooting war, in order to hurt President Trump, since he campaigned on getting out of foreign entanglements.
They did EVERYTHING they could to poison our relationship with Russia, even though President Trump was far less “flexible” than Obama ever was. I still can’t believe that anyone believed the whole Russia hoax, given how badly President Trump’s America First policies have hurt Russia financially, as well as sending deadly aid to the Ukraine, rather than MREs and blankets.
Mark
Quibble -- it doesn't just seem that way, they are indeed intent on that.
China and North Korea were also watching.
Don’t know if it changed their thinking but it at least make them reconsider hostile action.
I find it hillarious that Buttigieg is defending a country that has the death penalty for homosexuals.
Is it something to do with this?
True. And their new office addresses should be at federal penitentiaries.
We are allowing traitors to get off scot free. We are tolerating the evil of the Leftist News Media People and the Dems.
I am in the minority, I know, that this tolerance is wrong. Psychology is based on adjustment. My anger issues show I have not adjusted.
As always, since the passing of JFK, the democRATS have given aid and comfort to the enemy.
Democrats (progressives) are jumping the shark now.
They are screaming their unAmerican, unConstitutional and unChristian nature for all to witness.
They are now openly seen as the mean bullies that they are. And nobody likes bullies.
The Trump Rally Blitz rolls along...with a massive successful rally in Toledo Ohio last evening. It is estimated that there were 10,000 Americans in the arena and another 5,000 people outside in the cold weather.
Trump has campaign rallies scheduled for Milwaukee, WS & Wildwood, NJ over the next two weeks. Every American should make every effort to attend these rallies and support our beloved great POTUS, Donald J. Trump!!!
The entire Democrat Party has failed both the American nation Republic and the every American citizen that resides in the USA...period!!! The Democrat Party must be politically destroyed totally or, it will destroy totally the entire USA nation republic...period!!! Get with the program Americans!!! Get out and support our great leader, POTUS, Donald J. Trump!!! Be there for your country, your POTUS, yourselves!!!
This guy has nailed it.
Democrats don’t hate Trump. They hate Freedom. They hate America and want to destroy us. As the poster says Trump is in their way. For them to be successful Trump must be removed.
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