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Red T Raccoon: I hope we haven't just started WWIII. This is not Iraq or Afghanistan. Iran has a Navy; they can cut off the world's oil.
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@RedTRaccoon Red T Raccoon: Nobody wants Soleimani dead more than I do; I was hit by an IED by people he trained to kill me. However, this was not the way to go about it.
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@RedTRaccoon Red T Raccoon: These are always no-win situations. Whenever there's a vacuum of power, there are always people waiting to jump in and take over.
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@RedTRaccoon Red T Raccoon: Anyone who wants to take a cheap shot at us will take a cheap shot at us. Look at Kenya--totally unrelated to Iran, yet someone decided to try to attack our military base there.
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@RedTRaccoon Red T Raccoon: I'm always preaching that we need to pay attn to what's happening overseas. This has been brewing for a very long time, but what happened shows a lack of paying attn.
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@RedTRaccoon Red T Raccoon: Now we've isolated ourselves on our bases; we're pulling our troops back onto the bases. The attacks will get larger & larger & will concentrate on our military bases, & then we may need to rescue ppl. Entire situation is out of control at this point.
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@RedTRaccoon Red T Raccoon: If you want to protect American troops, then pull them out of the war zones.
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@RedTRaccoon Red T Raccoon: What's the end game? Regime change? At this point, I don't even see what the mission is. We can't win Afghanistan and Iraq. No one can tell us what it would take for us to win those wars.
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@RedTRaccoon Red T Raccoon: Our dependence on oil...We should be working on the Green New Deal.
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@RedTRaccoon Rick: Any time someone mentions feeding children, or funding food stamps, there's never enough money. But when it comes to war, the coffers are unlimited.

@RedTRaccoon Rick: Would the military refuse to bomb Iranian cultural sites?
Red T Raccoon: You always hope that someone does the right thing, that someone recognizes than an order is unlawful. Then again, it would be very unusual to refuse to obey an order.
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@RedTRaccoon Red T Raccoon: You have gone & shown yourself as an aggressor; when people start punching back, no one will be there to defend you.
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@RedTRaccoon Red T Raccoon: Iran's reach is only so far. They would start bringing everyone else and their brother into the war. I'd be worried if I were Israel.
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@RedTRaccoon Red T Raccoon: Other countries think it's a win if we look bad. We already look bad with what's going on in Iran.
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@RedTRaccoon Red T Raccoon: I served during 2006-2007 when bombs were constantly going off. That lasted probably 4 yrs or so.
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@RedTRaccoon Red T Raccoon: Deployments are always hard, but seeing the troops deploying from SC is especially hard; they have no idea when they'll be returning. When you see 82nd Airborne being deployed, it means we've called 911--we need someone to get somewhere very quickly.
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@RedTRaccoon Red T Raccoon: If this thing with Iran escalates and we go to war, there will be a LOT of disinformation. Be careful; be aware, especially on social media.
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@RedTRaccoon Red T Raccoon: I'll be paying attn to protests. Unemployment in Iraq is high, and there's nothing else to do besides protest. Iraq wants us out, and we're saying NO. Who knows what'll happen with ISIS? For now they're unchecked.
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@RedTRaccoon Red T Raccoon: We're laying down some serious dots on the timeline of history, and pretty soon we'll have a big dot.
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@RedTRaccoon Red T Raccoon: Trump is still impeached. Don't let Iran be a distraction. Keep talking about impeachment!
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