Lets Do This Then

[jazz]

Wars already over boys, we got their 2nd in command and a new drone assassination threat - wont be any iranian leaders slipping over into Iraq for tea for a while.

They got to shoot off some bottle rockets for a couple hrs, and got slapped with more sanctions.

Until next time.

[ajl]

Yeah that was over quick. Oil under $60 per barrel already so the market is removing the war premium. Hopefully the oil companies got some hedging done for that was the price peak for the next couple of months anyways. Will have to hand it to president Trump for masterfully handling the situation and proving his detractors wrong the the 454 th or so time.

[katoe]

good deflection from his impeachment fiasco

[burnt]

good deflection from his impeachment fiasco

Let me rephrase that: good deflection from #tehrannancy's impeachment fiasco

(credit to SGR for handle)

[jazz]

Still have yet to find out if Iran shot down a plane and killed 176 innocent civilians. Reports of fireball hitting the plane, tramistter stopping, plane falling to the ground. Planes can fly with a single engine. Wont turn over the black box.

[WiltonRanch]

Still have yet to find out if Iran shot down a plane and killed 176 innocent civilians. Reports of fireball hitting the plane, tramistter stopping, plane falling to the ground. Planes can fly with a single engine. Wont turn over the black box.

Smells all too fishy to not be a nefarious act that downed the plane but let’s not forget it was a 737 and their record as of late hasn’t been great. Iran looks suspicious as hell for not turning black box over to Boeing but you know there’s a few hard feelings there. Maybe Iran is as dumb****led as anyone else. Who knows maybe a terrorist planted bomb or a “rogue” faction missile. If eyewitnesses reports of fuselage engulfed are true all roads lead to the same conclusion.

[jazz]

Smells all too fishy to not be a nefarious act that downed the plane but let’s not forget it was a 737 and their record as of late hasn’t been great. Iran looks suspicious as hell for not turning black box over to Boeing but you know there’s a few hard feelings there. Maybe Iran is as dumb****led as anyone else. Who knows maybe a terrorist planted bomb or a “rogue” faction missile. If eyewitnesses reports of fuselage engulfed are true all roads lead to the same conclusion.

This is really a testament to how messed up some of these armed countries are.

The reports coming in is Iran ordered its military to attack this US base, they had precision missles they proceeded to launch which missed the base entirely and landed on a deserted beach. Those soldiers got so spooked about a retaliation that they abandoned the operation and ran off mid operation.

Tehran had itself so worked up after the funeral and statements from its leader proceeded to turn its missile defenses on to max and took out a civilian jet taking off from its own airport filled with its own people. These are mostly dual passport Iranians Canadians.

Its also a testament to how professional and restrained the US really is. Can you imagine of the US flew some stealth bombers or F22 raptors over that city? They would have gone totally batshit.

And somehow not wanting these guys to have nukes is a bad thing? Maybe being regional shit disturbers isn't a good career choice. Maybe making a deal with Trump is the best way forward. I am sure some are thinking about that now.

[WiltonRanch]

This is really a testament to how messed up some of these armed countries are.

The reports coming in is Iran ordered its military to attack this US base, they had precision missles they proceeded to launch which missed the base entirely and landed on a deserted beach. Those soldiers got so spooked about a retaliation that they abandoned the operation and ran off mid operation.

Tehran had itself so worked up after the funeral and statements from its leader proceeded to turn its missile defenses on to max and took out a civilian jet taking off from its own airport filled with its own people. These are mostly dual passport Iranians Canadians.

And somehow not wanting these guys to have nukes is a bad thing? Maybe being regional shit disturbers isn't a good career choice. Maybe making a deal with Trump is the best way forward. I am sure some are thinking about that now.

The ship isn’t that tight you’re saying? I’m with you there. You wonder really how many Iranians want to keep up with this bs. I doubted Trump but damnit he called their bluff.

[jazz]

The ship isn’t that tight you’re saying? I’m with you there. You wonder really how many Iranians want to keep up with this bs. I doubted Trump but damnit he called their bluff.

Trump killed one little general in a absolute precision strike. Iran retaliated by killing 225 of its own people. 50 stampeded to death during the funeral, 176 shot out of the sky.

Have a military and toys is one thing, being able to wield it effectively is another. Having leadership to coordinate it all is another world all together.

I bet all these countries, Iran Syria, NK are paper tigers. Even Russia and China would probably roll pretty fast without nukes. There is no more battle hardy technological advanced military on the planet that the US.

[dmlfarmer]

Trump killed one little general in a absolute precision strike. Iran retaliated by killing 225 of its own people. 50 stampeded to death during the funeral, 176 shot out of the sky.

Have a military and toys is one thing, being able to wield it effectively is another. Having leadership to coordinate it all is another world all together.

I bet all these countries, Iran Syria, NK are paper tigers. Even Russia and China would probably roll pretty fast without nukes. There is no more battle hardy technological advanced military on the planet that the US.

I agree the passenger jet was likely shot down. But at this time we do not know it was the Iranian military. There is no doubt it could have been an Iranian air defense system believing the jet to be an American response to the missiles Iran had sent into Iraq. Or it could have been a rogue Iranian faction hoping to escalate the conflict. The jet could have been brought down by Iraq air defense believing it to be part of a second wave of attack. The holes in the debris of the jet are eerily familiar to the damage to the Malaysian passenger jet MH17 brought down by pro Russian separatists over Ukraine. Look at a map and see the relatively close proximity of Russia and Syria to the crash site. Are there pro Russian/Syrian groups that would like to see an escalation? And what about ISIS? Reports are the US ended actions against ISIS to concentrate on Iran. So could this have been an ISIS attack? And I am old enough to remember when the USS Vincennes shot down an Iranian passenger jet in Iranian airspace in 1988 killing all 290 aboard; believing the jet was an Iranian F-14 Tomcat and was a threat to the US navy missile cruiser. So is it possible that this was a US downing of the jet thinking it was followup attack on US installations in Iraq? WE DO NOT KNOW WHO DOWNED THE JET AT THIS TIME!

[mustardman]

Jazz facts are sometimes just that, jazz facts

Obama DIDNT bribe Iran with 150 million, it was THEIR OWN money that was frozen in the US since the time of the Sha . And Iran Also Gave 400 million for armaments to the US in the 1970s which it Never received as the govt was overthrown . So it got the 400 million plus interest back as well

[jazz]

Jazz facts are sometimes just that, jazz facts

Obama DIDNT bribe Iran with 150 million, it was THEIR OWN money that was frozen in the US since the time of the Sha . And Iran Also Gave 400 million for armaments to the US in the 1970s which it Never received as the govt was overthrown . So it got the 400 million plus interest back as well

That's like saying Osama bin laden was entitled to his bank account or the Mexican drug cartels should get some cash.

Iran was and is still a state sponsor of terrorism. We closed our embassy there 8 yrs ago so I assume they were still bad guys. Giving the money whether they think its theirs or not is a foolish strategy. It just got passed down to Hezbollah and the whole thing kept going while the Iranian govt pleaded for mercy. US knew this 6 months after Obama flew the crates of cash over to them.

[jazz]

WE DO NOT KNOW WHO DOWNED THE JET AT THIS TIME!

True, but the plane was ordered holding pattern for 90 minutes it looks like while the missile strike on the US base was completed. Somebody obviously let the tower know about it and then they were cleared to take off. Some faction maybe thought the US would start buzzing the area and wanted to make sure a civilian casualty was hit. Guess they were surprised when the US never even got out of their cots. Funny thing that blowback.

I am sure in the coming days you will hear a theory of a rogue US cruise missile or something.

[furrowtickler]

Every middle eastern country that tried to sell oil other than the US dollar went down ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hfEBupAeo4


It’s a deep rabbit hole 🕳

[chuckChuck]

Regardless of Suleimani's record of attacks against western interests who can say that Trumps decisions were wise or not just a distraction from domestic politics?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/04/world/middleeast/conflict-with-iran-threatens-fight-against-isis.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/04/world/middleeast/conflict-with-iran-threatens-fight-against-isis.html

"For the militants of the Islamic State, the American drone strike that killed the Iranian commander Qassim Suleimani was a two-for-one victory.

First, the killing of General Suleimani removed the leader of one of the Islamic State’s most effective opponents, responsible for building up the alliance of Iran-backed militias that did much of the ground fighting to drive the militants out of their strongholds in Syria and Iraq.

The assassination has also redirected the wrath of those militias and their many political allies inside Iraq squarely against the American presence there, raising doubts about the continued viability of the American-led campaign to eradicate what is left of the Islamic State and to prevent its revival in both Iraq and neighboring Syria."

"But in the fight against the Islamic State after 2014, the United States had tacitly accepted General Suleimani as an awkward ally. Iran’s Shiite Muslim clerical rulers found common cause with Washington against the Sunni militants of ISIS, and the Iranian-backed militias sponsored by General Suleimani did much of the fighting on the ground while American jets, helicopters and drones provided air power."