The War on Terror /Central Asia/Mid East/Africa thread

[Biff Pocoroba]

Sure glad we have a real stable genius with all the smarts and geopolitical/military experience and foresight and rationality and listens to his advisors.

Remember who we are talking about:

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013 ... -commander

This is a world top 10 evil human. In other circumstances this would have been the right move

I don't disagree with Trumps' decision but I would wish we had a more competent commander in chief now that he has kicked the hornets' nest. Iraq was a disaster because we weren't prepared what to do next after "Mission Accomplished" and I hope that type of history doesn't repeat.

[verb_to_trust]

Trump knows more than the generals, remember? And even though he didn't serve he always felt like he was part of the military because of the boarding school his parents shipped him off to after he threw rocks at the neighbors baby.

[BurtReynolds]

What a prototypically mealy mouthed dem response...

"Look I'm all for war in the middle East, but only if I'm in charge of it."

[verb_to_trust]

Pete is so full of shit. He's probably been practicing speeches in the mirror for this stuff since he was a kid. I'm not buying it.

[verb_to_trust]

Also, does anyone have insight into what Pete did in the military? I haven't looked into it. The way he talks about his service makes it come off as something he pursued purely as a political chip to play in elections.

[Bi_3]

Sure glad we have a real stable genius with all the smarts and geopolitical/military experience and foresight and rationality and listens to his advisors.

Remember who we are talking about:

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013 ... -commander

This is a world top 10 evil human. In other circumstances this would have been the right move

I don't disagree with Trumps' decision but I would wish we had a more competent commander in chief now that he has kicked the hornets' nest. Iraq was a disaster because we weren't prepared what to do next after "Mission Accomplished" and I hope that type of history doesn't repeat.

In terms of the safety of civilians in western nations, this was far worse. QS specialized in asymmetric warfare and his replacement (deputy of 22 years) is like minded. It’s not hard to imagine Iran exploiting the political discord in the US with targeted, intentionally low casualty attacks inside the US to whip up anti-Trump sentiment going into the election

[Strat]

How much does the breaking of the iran deal play into all of this?

[96583UP]

these wars don’t have honest objectives. the US didn’t need Iraq’s oil last time - and the world doesn’t need it now because fracking changed everything. beating these shithole middle eastern countries up is all about projecting power and testing weaponry. so when the nation-building doesn’t pan out this time - dont worry - the expectation never was that the leftover government would be stable. it’s about having a fenced in area for perpetual war. far away from here.

[Chris_H_2]

How much does the breaking of the iran deal play into all of this?

somewhere between most of it and all of it

[McParadigm]

This thread

[epilogue]

[BurtReynolds]

[96583UP]

every NFL tram that didn’t hire him:

[96583UP]

at least he didn’t rape any guests







we think

[Bi_3]

https://www.theatlantic.com/internation ... ed/604396/

[96583UP]

Severed Hand

[Bi_3]

Soléimani

[Citizen Dick]

This thread

Well, Superman responded to this tweet and now I don't know what to believe.

[McParadigm]

Threatening to bomb cultural sites. It’s quickly becoming clear just how wildly out of control this administration will be in its handling of a war.

[McParadigm]