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Re: US kills Iran’s most powerful general in Baghdad airstrike [Re: Stable Genius] 1
#26431354 - 01/13/20 01:25 PM (4 years, 16 days ago) |
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Stable Genius said: Also, I can't understand why commercial aircraft were still allowed to fly, it's nuts... unless someone was rolling the dice for catastrophe.
Very good point. They wanted to be sneaky, without regard for civilian casualties.
Buuuut
It was a response to US’s equally sneaky drone strike in Iraq. There was just less risk because the US military is better equipped and better trained. The risk was still there though...
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Re: US kills Iran’s most powerful general in Baghdad airstrike [Re: feldman114]
#26431403 - 01/13/20 01:48 PM (4 years, 16 days ago) |
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End of the day, he's dead and so is the leader of the PMF. I don't like to say it but I think the U.S. can call this round a win.
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It’s also likely that the trip had a more lethal purpose. In mid-October, Soleimani secretly met with Shiite militia leaders to coordinate attacks against the US in hopes of triggering a US reprisal that would refocus public anger from Iran to the US,Reuters reported on Friday. Soleimani delegated this campaign to Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, a head of Iraq’s Popular Mobilisation Forces and the commander of the Kataib Hezbollah militia.
https://www.businessinsider.com.au/what-qassem-soleimani-was-doing-in-iraq-before-assassination-2020-1?r=US&IR=T
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Re: US kills Iran’s most powerful general in Baghdad airstrike [Re: Stable Genius]
#26431415 - 01/13/20 01:54 PM (4 years, 16 days ago) |
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It’s obvious what Soleimani was doing there - people were protesting around the US embassy. If you’ve ever been to a major protest (not a fucking scheduled March but a real protest), you know how much chaos is involved. Soleimani saw a perfect way to fuck with the Americans - rile up the civilians, instigate the embassy security, have an undercover agent throw the first Molotov cocktail, etc.
Soleimani must be an ASOFAI fan who knows that
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Re: US kills Iran’s most powerful general in Baghdad airstrike [Re: koods] 1
#26431667 - 01/13/20 03:47 PM (4 years, 16 days ago) |
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Unfortunately, war is an intricate part of humanity. The people in Iran seem sick of it.
Iran hasn’t been in a war for decades
Ever see whats going on in Yemen? Or do proxies not count?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/16/iran-tells-middle-east-militias-prepare-for-proxy-war
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Edited by SirTripAlot (01/13/20 03:50 PM)
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Re: US kills Iran’s most powerful general in Baghdad airstrike [Re: qman] 1
#26431787 - 01/13/20 05:13 PM (4 years, 16 days ago) |
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Psilynut2 said: They have been lying out of desperation since his Inauguration Day . He literally started his presidency trying to lie about the weather . That’s why we should have impeached him right away . Makes no sense to wait until he’s lying to us about war stuff to get rid of him .
If you want to impeach every US President that lies, we wouldn't ever have a President in Office.
Obama lied all the time as well, where is your equal outrage?
Obama is a piece of shit. Any president who supports the Patriot Act is a piece of shit.
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Re: US kills Iran’s most powerful general in Baghdad airstrike [Re: qman]
#26431798 - 01/13/20 05:17 PM (4 years, 16 days ago) |
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Psilynut2 said: They have been lying out of desperation since his Inauguration Day . He literally started his presidency trying to lie about the weather . That’s why we should have impeached him right away . Makes no sense to wait until he’s lying to us about war stuff to get rid of him .
If you want to impeach every US President that lies, we wouldn't ever have a President in Office.
Obama lied all the time as well, where is your equal outrage?
Obama didn’t lie all the time. Even conservatives know this, because every time you ask what Obama lied about they always say the same thing.
There is no comparison between Obama and trump. Or trump and almost anyone else.
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Re: US kills Iran’s most powerful general in Baghdad airstrike [Re: Bigbadwooof]
#26432120 - 01/13/20 08:27 PM (4 years, 16 days ago) |
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Psilynut2 said: They have been lying out of desperation since his Inauguration Day . He literally started his presidency trying to lie about the weather . That’s why we should have impeached him right away . Makes no sense to wait until he’s lying to us about war stuff to get rid of him .
If you want to impeach every US President that lies, we wouldn't ever have a President in Office.
Obama lied all the time as well, where is your equal outrage?
Obama is a piece of shit. Any president who supports the Patriot Act is a piece of shit.
Agreed. And the goal of justifying Trump's douchiness with Obama's douchiness has failed.
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Re: US kills Iran’s most powerful general in Baghdad airstrike [Re: feldman114]
#26432529 - 01/14/20 03:40 AM (4 years, 15 days ago) |
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feldman114 said: Soleimani must be an ASOFAI fan who knows that
'must have been'
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Re: US kills Iran’s most powerful general in Baghdad airstrike [Re: Stable Genius]
#26432618 - 01/14/20 06:03 AM (4 years, 15 days ago) |
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feldman114 said: Soleimani must be an ASOFAI fan who knows that
'must have been'
The implication was that he’s still alive. What book are you on?
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Re: US kills Iran’s most powerful general in Baghdad airstrike [Re: feldman114]
#26432634 - 01/14/20 06:25 AM (4 years, 15 days ago) |
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Ah ok, it went over my head sorry.
I haven't read any of The Game of Thrones.
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Re: US kills Iran’s most powerful general in Baghdad airstrike [Re: Stable Genius]
#26432637 - 01/14/20 06:27 AM (4 years, 15 days ago) |
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Stable Genius said: Ah ok, it went over my head sorry.
I haven't read any of The Game of Thrones.
Well that explains it lol. In all fairness it was a long-shot - this isn’t the GoT fan club
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Re: US kills Iran’s most powerful general in Baghdad airstrike [Re: feldman114]
#26432643 - 01/14/20 06:38 AM (4 years, 15 days ago) |
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I am reading Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. It has not much to do with Zen and little to do with Motorcycles
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Re: US kills Iran’s most powerful general in Baghdad airstrike [Re: Stable Genius]
#26432651 - 01/14/20 07:03 AM (4 years, 15 days ago) |
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I watched the first 10 minutes of the first epeisode of game of thrones and got bored.
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Re: US kills Iran’s most powerful general in Baghdad airstrike [Re: koods]
#26432679 - 01/14/20 07:35 AM (4 years, 15 days ago) |
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it gives no momentary gratification away. But, if you get into it, the plot payoffs are top-notch.
Also, the show is about boobs and dragons. The book is about politics.
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Re: US kills Iran’s most powerful general in Baghdad airstrike [Re: feldman114]
#26432698 - 01/14/20 07:48 AM (4 years, 15 days ago) |
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I had HBO for the first four years it was on and only watched it a couple times. It seemed like they were using tits as a substitute for scripts and acting. I might be wrong. I didn't give it much of a chance. The Vikings was better.
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Re: US kills Iran’s most powerful general in Baghdad airstrike [Re: Brian Jones] 1
#26432711 - 01/14/20 07:56 AM (4 years, 15 days ago) |
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Seasons 1-6 are some of the best-written pieces of TV ever. The dialogue, the story line, the characters - all unmatched.
Then, the writers ran out of book material to steal from and TRAINWRECKED seasons 7-8.
Google “bad writers”, click on images, and you’ll see the 2 dickheads who should spend their life in Guantanamo for what they did!! Fucking dickheads don’t know what character arcs even are, obviously. Oh yeah, just build up characters over 7 seasons to have them do completely out-of-character shit in the 8th. Build up a villain for 10 years, give him an army bigger than anyone else’s, only to kill him off in one episode. FFS!!!
Sorry, sorry people, the wound is still fresh.
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Re: US kills Iran’s most powerful general in Baghdad airstrike [Re: feldman114]
#26433019 - 01/14/20 11:46 AM (4 years, 15 days ago) |
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"You know who likes dragons, Morty? Nerds who are afraid to admit they're Christians"
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Re: US kills Iran’s most powerful general in Baghdad airstrike [Re: Ran-D]
#26433034 - 01/14/20 12:03 PM (4 years, 15 days ago) |
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Yes, Feldman is clearly a Christian name

I AM a nerd though, no doubt there
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Re: US kills Iran’s most powerful general in Baghdad airstrike [Re: feldman114]
#26433042 - 01/14/20 12:09 PM (4 years, 15 days ago) |
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Re: US kills Iran’s most powerful general in Baghdad airstrike [Re: Stable Genius] 1
#26434575 - 01/15/20 09:29 AM (4 years, 14 days ago) |
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I am reading Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. It has not much to do with Zen and little to do with Motorcycles 
Wanted to quote a traditional story about a Zen master cooking a potatoe but google comes up with a bunch of ridiculous Zen guides to cooking and am too lazy to go grab the book and transcribe it
but, in short form, King sends someone to the mountains to retrieve a Zen master; Zen master is too busy cooking a potatoe to be bothered with the King
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