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Soleimani was a military target, not a political figure. Some real whoppers today.

And btw, notice the "Trump-Russia!" crowd wants to limit his power to strike Iran... an ally of Russia... get it?

These people make NO sense. I thought Vlad Putin controlled Donald Trump?

Fools.
These are the illogical arguments and contradictory positions you'll find yourself defending if you base your beliefs on knee-jerk opposition to someone.

Take Jennifer Rubin, e.g.

She's actually criticizing her own principles/positions B/C they were shared by Donald Trump.
The same is true if you knee-jerk support someone. You'll inevitably end up contradicting yourself and betraying principles.

And you'll sound very foolish.
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Richard Baris
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Pentagon says no Americans were killed in #IranAttacks.
Maybe that changes, maybe it doesn't. But as of now, no American casualties.
Looks like the CENTCOM count is 15 ballistic missiles.

10 targeted Al-Assad Air Base, 1 at Erbil and 4 failed.
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Clarifying: That number was not an official number from the Pentagon. A source put it at more than 30 ballistic missiles, which were fired from Iran, mostly at Al Asad in Western Iraq. A coalition base in Erbil was also targeted.

Worth pointing out...
Worth pointing out... there's a big difference between Katyusha rocket launchers, even shoulder-fired missiles, and cruise missiles, short-range ballistic missiles.

It's a significant escalation and big question is now whether they targeted infrastructure or housing.
The Pentagon official number is “more than a dozen”, so not very specific.

Iran misses, often.

So, let’s wait for the damage assessment for targets and casualties.
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By all means, use it.

I got tired of saying/writing "Democrats and the Media" so I smushed them into "Demediacrats" or "The Demediacratic Party".

It's accurate. They're one political entity.

Media assumed the role of opposition for the electorally defeated Democratic Party.
Of course, we knew media and Democrats were one in the same even before they stepped out as an opposition party.

WikiLeaks is so hated because they confirmed what critics have always known. There are few legitimate news outlets or "journalists" anymore.
Legitimate news outlets or "journalists" have been replaced by Demediacrats, the Demediacratic Party.
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