Red Mosquito

96583UP wrote:so after watchning to CNN for the last hour, which i haven't done probably since the presidential election, it's pretty clear that:

1) the US just killed Iran's Teddy Roosevelt
2) Iran will retaliate aggressively
3) If you are at a US facility in the middle east it's going to get hot and heavy real soon
4) We need to create a Tahdig thread in Food & Dining

simple schoolboy wrote:

96583UP wrote:so after watchning to CNN for the last hour, which i haven't done probably since the presidential election, it's pretty clear that:

1) the US just killed Iran's Teddy Roosevelt
2) Iran will retaliate aggressively
3) If you are at a US facility in the middle east it's going to get hot and heavy real soon
4) We need to create a Tahdig thread in Food & Dining

Solemani(SP?) started the Iranian equivalent of the National Parks System? He charged up (Lebanon or Syrian equivalent to) San Juan Hill in a declared war as a uniformed combatant?

Was Teddy Roosevelt involved in some regional militias in Canada, Mexico, and further afield that were involved in terrorist activities?

I wouldn't be surprised if T.R. bombed an Argentinian Jewish cultural center. He would probably have done that. But he wouldn't be a bitch and claim plausible deniability. He'd claim it loud and proud.

Chris_H_2 wrote:and then . . .

(Reuters) - After days of protests across Iran last month, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appeared impatient. Gathering his top security and government officials together, he issued an order: Do whatever it takes to stop them.

That order, confirmed by three sources close to the supreme leader’s inner circle and a fourth official, set in motion the bloodiest crackdown on protesters since the Islamic Revolution in 1979.

About 1,500 people were killed during less than two weeks of unrest that started on Nov. 15. The toll, provided to Reuters by three Iranian interior ministry officials, included at least 17 teenagers and about 400 women as well as some members of the security forces and police.

lowlight79 wrote:It's a great re-election strategy. Kill a Iranian general who deserved nothing less than death. And have the democratic party defend Iran. Welcome to the 2020 elections!

McParadigm wrote:Ah, yes. The “you either support every decision the administration makes in the region, or you support the terrorists” game. Welcome back to 2002. Have some freedom fries.

96583UP wrote:just stumbled across this uplifting gem from 2 weeks ago...

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran ... SKBN1YR0QRAbout 1,500 people were killed during less than two weeks of unrest that started on Nov. 15. The toll, provided to Reuters by three Iranian interior ministry officials, included at least 17 teenagers and about 400 women as well as some members of the security forces and police.

Biff Pocoroba wrote: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.