WRONG AGAIN:
First of all, t/US, authorized by Congress, was formally at war w/Al Qaeda when we took out Bin Laden (who'd orchestrated the 9/11 attack on US soil). T/Op was carefully planned for mos., had internat'l support, did not pose a high risk for regional ,1/x
First of all, t/US, authorized by Congress, was formally at war w/Al Qaeda when we took out Bin Laden (who'd orchestrated the 9/11 attack on US soil). T/Op was carefully planned for mos., had internat'l support, did not pose a high risk for regional ,1/x
conflict & was carefully organised, choreographed & monitored RT with an entrance & exit plan re: analyzing newly acquired Intel to identify financiers, banking routes, contacts, plans, equip, collaborators, active cells to pursue/run down remaining Al Qaeda terrorists.
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The killing of Soleimani was an UNAUTHORIZED (by Congress) illegal (based on War Powers act which ONLY applied after 9/11 and international law) act of war targeting Iran & tho pinpointed many times, it was KNOWN that taking out Soleimani would be the equivalent of taking 3/x
out VPOTUS PENCE (a head of state) which would inflame the entire ME & provoke heavy reprisals/war. This was justified as US response to the death of an American contactor (WHICH IS NO SMALL THING) but 1) The contactor was not killed by SOLEIMANI,'4/x
2) It was a wholly unequal attack in response as Soleimani was considered second in command/a head of State of a sovereign nation with whom we were NOT AT WAR
3) In taking out Soleimani, the US TOOK OUT innocent folks around him, resulting in a return volley 5/x
3) In taking out Soleimani, the US TOOK OUT innocent folks around him, resulting in a return volley 5/x
from Iran that (although 1st denied) 8-11 injured US service members, 50 Iranians in a funeral stampede, a plane full of a 176 innocent people who were undeniably casualties of war, all while ensuring Iran's yet to come revenge (as Irans return volley was merely to 6/x
satisfy t/ritual appearance of revenge so they could bury Soliemani) likely via cyber attack which they are very good at and which we suck at defence not to mention so many vulnerabilities (the out dated electrical grid, ELECTIONS, nuclear facilities & on & on; 7/x
not to mention Trump has done little to shore up those vulnerabilities (i.e., if you can't afford to loose, don't sit at the God Damn table)
Additionally, tho they change stories faster than a theater troupe changes costumes, it's clear Soleimani posed no imminent threat, 8/x
Additionally, tho they change stories faster than a theater troupe changes costumes, it's clear Soleimani posed no imminent threat, 8/x
he was initially an impulse pick by a petty narcissistic man who had no care for the risks involved, no international support, no risk mitigation plan or exit strategy, no cohesive purpose or narrative other than "he was a bad dude who died like a dog", cared not that it was 9/x
an illegal act of war (both nationally & internationally) expressed no remorse for the loss of innocent lives, acknowledged that in order to take out ONE MAN cost us 11 more plus 168 innocent travelers nor that this was the price EVERYONE PAID FOR HIS ATTEMPT 10/x
TO GAIN PERSONALLY. Then there was Pompeo who had an axe to grind and didn't care about any of the above variables either Bolton & gang of warmongers only to happy to start WWKKK and nuke us all.
As for you literally attacking me out of no where for posting a factual Salon 11/x
As for you literally attacking me out of no where for posting a factual Salon 11/x
article with Misogynistic memes and BS ignorant accusations WHICH HAD NOTHING to do WITH ANY OF the above (you're just DARVO moving the goal posts now) we're done here.....
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