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[W:104:1192]Iran state TV: Tehran fires at Iraqi base housing US troops

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OrphanSlug said:
Trump got his reelection war, just as he warned his predecessor would do.

The **** show, aka the Middle East, continues.
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Their ain't gonna be no war. The US will lob some missiles at Iran until they scream uncle! Or Iran's economy implodes. Or the people overthrow the Iranian government.
 
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Hamish Howl said:
They have to be having serious stability problems if they're going in as dumb as this.
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Iran stated they would take action and state that they have conducted an attack.
Trump-Pompeo- made a dumb ffn decision.
 
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Lutherf said:
Depends on whether they hit anything but dirt or not. If there was no significant damage then the US response will likely be rather muted. If they took out troops and/or equipment we'll probably see Abadan go up in smoke.
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If no damage is done, the best response is to publicly laugh and not respond with force.

I mean, if you want the Iranian leadership to totally lose their collective ****.
 
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trixare4kids said:
Don't you dare blame Trump.
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This is an example of right-wing talking point. They are quick to assume what we think and believe.
 
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AProudLefty said:
Consider the possibility of the existence of Iranian sleeper cells here in the US.
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Neat!
 
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It’s sad to see Trump failing so badly. Now he gives us a tit-for-tat escalation to a new war in the Middle East. What is his reasoning for this?

"I will never send our finest into battle unless necessary, and I mean absolutely necessary, and will only do so if we have a plan for victory with a capital V... The world must know that we do not go abroad in search of enemies." — Donald J. Trump :

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Any KIA?
 
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JANFU said:
Iran stated they would take action and state that they have conducted an attack.
Trump-Pompeo- made a dumb ffn decision.
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I had expected something a little more subtle.

I mean, every single soldier the the region has a neck-deep hole dug within jumping range right now. This isn't going to be terribly effective, if they're using conventional warheads.

And if it's uranium dust, well, cancel Christmas.
 
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MauiMan said:
The question now is—What is the end-game to this escalation?
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Im watching to see the extent of this attack. Is it just a superficial attack thats mostly symbolic that the US can ignore or is it gonna be intense enough to demand a response from us.

Iran is testing Trump and im not sure thats a good idea for them. He may not give them the grace of saving face with a symbolic retaliation, given our relationship. Iran may be about to face another displsy of American might.

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Hamish Howl said:
Bags and bags of dead people. Same as always.
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Yes. And more trillions of dollars wasted.
 
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Unconfirmed reports of USAF aircraft outbound from the UAE.
 
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Jredbaron96 said:
Unconfirmed reports of USAF aircraft outbound from the UAE.
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What fighters do the US have in the UAE?
 
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trouble13 said:
Im watching to see the extent of this attack. Is it just a superficial attack thats mostly symbolic that the US can ignore or is it gonna be intense enough to demand a response from us.

Iran is testing Trump and im not sure thats a good idea for them. He may not give them the grace of saving face with a symbolic retaliation, given our relationship. Iran may be about to face another displsy of American might.

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You can count on it. I don’t see an "off ramp" for de escalation.
 
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Well, they said they were going to restrict retaliation to military and political targets.

I figured they'd try to bump off Pompeo or something like that.
 
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MauiMan said:
It’s sad to see Trump failing so badly. Now he gives us a tit-for-tat escalation to a new war in the Middle East. What is his reasoning for this?

"I will never send our finest into battle unless necessary, and I mean absolutely necessary, and will only do so if we have a plan for victory with a capital V... The world must know that we do not go abroad in search of enemies." — Donald J. Trump :

Read Donald Trump'''s '''America First''' Foreign Policy Speech | Time
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It's gonna be more of a tit-for-splat!
 
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AProudLefty said:
Consider the possibility of the existence of Iranian sleeper cells here in the US.
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That's entirely possible. Not going to lose any sleep over it, though.
 
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Rexedgar said:
“Act of war “ was last week...........
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Are you saying the US launched a drone strike on Iran last week?.....or did we launch a drone strike on a hostile foreigner in Iraq to work with the same terrorists who killed an American a couple weeks ago and attacked US sovereign territory at the Embassy?
 
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Mongidig said:
It's gonna be more of a tit-for-splat!
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More of them will die than us, that is true. Do you think we will win the war?
 
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trixare4kids said:
Breaking: This is developing news; more to follow

Iran state TV: Tehran fires at Iraqi base housing US troops



We can expect a US response shortly, I'd imagine.

Iran state TV: Tehran fires at Iraqi base housing US troops
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Iran doesn't care about what the US may do in response to the missles being fired because they don't care about the Iranian populace. The US could easily make a large oil slick out of Iran and they should be careful. They have in the past 40+ years waged attacks of a variety of types against the US. IN just the past year and half they have taken military actions against the US and its allies, in which the US has only responded once, until the killing of an American Citizen and then we hit a terrorist leader, Soliemani.
 
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Iran can't be that crazy. Things like hydro-electric damns and nuclear power plants are expensive to replace. Trump isn't Obama he's not going to send them pallets of cash.
 
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Rising Sun said:
Are you saying the US launched a drone strike on Iran last week?.....or did we launch a drone strike on a hostile foreigner in Iraq to work with the same terrorists who killed an American a couple weeks ago and attacked US sovereign territory at the Embassy?
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Hardly matters now, really.

Everyone involved bought the ticket, everyone involved will now take the ride.
 
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MauiMan said:
The question now is—What is the end-game to this escalation?
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If we knew we'd all be eligible for the Nobel Peace Prize.
 
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Higgins86 said:
What fighters do the US have in the UAE?
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F-15Es, 309th Air Expeditionary Wing
 
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MauiMan said:
More of them will die than us, that is true. Do you think we will win the war?
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Winning wars was a 20th century concept. This will be more like the Hatfields and McCoys.
 
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