US strike kills Iranian Quds Force commander

[UNCjigga]

Well, so much for this prediction:

Qassem Suleimani Iran

The sinisterly handsome major- general in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, and commander of its Quds Force, is responsible for covert operations abroad. He is one of the most powerful figures in the Middle East following a decade in which Iran’s influence has spread.

Whether the issue at hand is Bashar al-Assad’s attempts to reassert control in Syria, the Houthi rebels’ proxy war with Saudi Arabia in Yemen, the arming of pro-Iran Shia militias in Lebanon and elsewhere along Israel’s borders, naval confrontation with the US in the Gulf, or the question of who governs Iraq, Suleimani is at the heart of the action, unseen, undemonstrative and apparently untouchable – the US and Israel have allegedly tried to eliminate him more than once. If anyone can stop Suleimani, it will be jealous mullahs in Tehran anxious to thwart his oft-denied political ambitions.

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Iran, if you’re listening and looking for a proportional response target, let me point out that Stephen Miller made the same list...

 

[ivwshane]

B-b-but Hillary was gonna drag us into more wars!1!!!

So much from Trump's isolationism.

Seriously! Thank god Hillary didn't get elected, we'd be at war with Iran! /eyeroll


Fuck trump and fuck his dumb ass supporters who are too fucking dumb or too deep into the trump cult to not see what everyone else already knew about trump.

 

[K1052]

Well the good news is that I’m sure this is a part of a well thought out plan that has carefully weighed all the potential outcomes.

 

[Jaskalas]

Heh, good thing we back stabbed the Kurds so US forces could "leave" the middle east.

 

[UNCjigga]

Hey, y’all remember when Sasha Obama dished to Oprah about opening a “major can of whoop ass” hours before the Bin Laden raid?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1212932497434128384

 

[JEDIYoda]

Well the good news is that I’m sure this is a part of a well thought out plan that has carefully weighed all the potential outcomes.

I agree! Everybody knows you cannot vote out a president while our country is at war.....can they?

 

[fskimospy]

Regardless of what happens next does anyone here think this was the result of sober reflection and gaming out Iran’s possible responses?

 

[dphantom]

outstanding news

 

[JEDIYoda]

outstanding news

Donald Trump going to get us involved in another war -- Go Donny!!!!

 

[K1052]

Regardless of what happens next does anyone here think this was the result of sober reflection and gaming out Iran’s possible responses?

Given that official US statements on this are basically “Merica Fuck Yeah!” I’m going with probably not. There are going to be major consequences for this, the only question is what forms they tale.

 

[fskimospy]

outstanding news

You think escalating conflict with Iran is a good idea while the president is a corrupt, impulsive incompetent?

 

[woolfe9998]

I was trying to give Trump the benefit of the doubt in the other thread when I said I thought he didn't want war with Iran. Oh well. War it is.

 

[woolfe9998]

Regardless of what happens next does anyone here think this was the result of sober reflection and gaming out Iran’s possible responses?

Haha that's a rhetorical question, right?

 

[JEDIYoda]

Donny is backed into a corner, needing to find a way to deflect from this impeachment and something that will get him re-elected!! Wallla -- a war!!!

 

[ElFenix]

if enough of our young people refuse to join, out existing troops will get worn out...and the (R)'s will find a way to reinstate a national draft.

so long as it's only trump voters

 

[Gabe323]

Did this guy recently call Trump a pussy on the tv or something?

 

[UNCjigga]

Regardless of what happens next does anyone here think this was the result of sober reflection and gaming out Iran’s possible responses?

Or...

 

[woolfe9998]

Hey, y’all remember when Sasha Obama dished to Oprah about opening a “major can of whoop ass” hours before the Bin Laden raid?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1212932497434128384

He tweeted that on New Years Eve. Meaning he knew about it two days ago. He has no security clearance.

Trump could get us into a nuclear war through sheer incompetence.

 

[K1052]

Ari Fleicher and Karl Rove are on Fox talking about what a good ideas this was...just in case you wanted a good idea of how fucked we probably are now.

 

[UNCjigga]

Ari Fleicher and Karl Rove are on Fox talking about what a good ideas this was...just in case you wanted a good idea of how fucked we probably are now.

This... this is a joke, right? You meant the Onion News Network?

 

[Jaskalas]

This war crime by the United States is the stupidest act since the Iraq war. The consequences may demonstrate that it is far worse. We can only wait and see how Iran and its loyalists in Iraq respond.

 

[UNCjigga]

Did this guy recently call Trump a pussy on the tv or something?

I heard he laughed and told jokes at Trump’s expense at some fancy dinner somewhere...

 

[Jaskalas]

This... this is a joke, right? You meant the Onion News Network?

Fox News has been celebrating this "great victory" all night.

Republicans clearly want American blood to run red in the streets of the Middle East.

 

[fskimospy]

Ari Fleicher and Karl Rove are on Fox talking about what a good ideas this was...just in case you wanted a good idea of how fucked we probably are now.

If there’s one person I trust when they tell me that military action in the Middle East is a good idea it’s Ari Fleisher.

 

[Starbuck1975]

Regardless of what happens next does anyone here think this was the result of sober reflection and gaming out Iran’s possible responses?

Mark Esper understands the implications of this strike.

This strike, and the level of targets eliminated, dispels any doubts to Iran’s meddling in Iraq.

It is possible that we didn’t know that Soleimani was on the ground. His death certainly escalates things. However, given the nature of his role and influence, his presence certainly raises other questions.