Possible War with Iran

[B-Fly]

Here we go with thousands of additional troops to be deployed to the Middle East...

https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/baghdad-airport-strike-live-intl-hnk/h_e91f3c68f7d8beba7983b7556454b8d4

[The Feral Slasher]

here we go with thousands of additional troops to be deployed to the middle east...

https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-...83b7556454b8d4

usa, usa....

[Gregg]

Aren't we there at the request of the Iraqi government?

Is Soleimani responsible for unprovoked attacks on American forces?

There are and should be consequences for that.

[The Feral Slasher]

Aren't we there at the request of the Iraqi government?

Is Soleimani responsible for unprovoked attacks on American forces?

There are and should be consequences for that.

Wow, that is an amazingly naive viewpoint.

[Art Vandelay]

Didn't iran attack the u.s. embassy first, which lead to djt okaying the retaliation?

and if iran did attack first, would those condemning the retaliation prefer djt left the American's to defend themselves in the same way hillary left American's to defend themselves in the benghazi attack?

interesting headline I read which called the terrorist sympathizers who attacked the u.s. embassy "mourners". lol. mourners.

[Kevin Seitzer]

Aren't we there at the request of the Iraqi government?

Is Soleimani responsible for unprovoked attacks on American forces?

There are and should be consequences for that.

"Unprovoked" is quite a take. We've effectively been enemies of Iran since we and the British started the 1953 coup to oust the democratically elected government in Iran in favor of the Shah. Who's responsible for the tit for tat attacks that have been going on between our nations ever since then? This is a case where legitimately both sides have a lot of blood on their hands.

[Kevin Seitzer]

And to ignore that we're doing the bidding of the Saudis in confronting their regional rival Iran is also to put one's head in the sand.

[Kevin Seitzer]

All the reckless civilian casualties that the Saudis have inflicted with U.S.-supplied weapons on the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen? That's just collateral damage in a war we have nothing to do with. But when the Iranian-backed militias attack our forces in Iraq? Why, that's completely unprovoked and unreasonable!

[The Feral Slasher]

All the reckless civilian casualties that the Saudis have inflicted with U.S.-supplied weapons on the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen? That's just collateral damage in a war we have nothing to do with. But when the Iranian-backed militias attack our forces in Iraq? Why, that's completely unprovoked and unreasonable!

I'm sure Gregg thinks that Saudi and US leadership should pay the consequences for that !

[Kevin Seitzer]

There may be strategic reasons (read: oil) for us to side with the Saudis rather than the Iranians, but let's not act like this is a conflict of the righteous versus the evil.

[The Feral Slasher]

There may be strategic reasons (read: oil) for us to side with the Saudis rather than the Iranians, but let's not act like this is a conflict of the righteous versus the evil.

of course it is good vs. evil, I'm just glad we are always the good guys

[TranaGreg]

Didn't iran attack the u.s. embassy first, which lead to djt okaying the retaliation?

and if iran did attack first, would those condemning the retaliation prefer djt left the American's to defend themselves in the same way hillary left American's to defend themselves in the benghazi attack?

interesting headline I read which called the terrorist sympathizers who attacked the u.s. embassy "mourners". lol. mourners.

looking for who acted first or were the instigators of US-Iran hostilities would require going back a bit further than that

[The Feral Slasher]

Aren't we there at the request of the Iraqi government?

Is Soleimani responsible for unprovoked attacks on American forces?

There are and should be consequences for that.

So do you believe all military and political leaders are fair game ? For example Bush or Cheney ? Would it be just for an Iraqi or Afghan to kill them ?

[The Feral Slasher]

aside from whether the guy deserved to die or not, are we going to be better off having killed him ? Do we think that will stop Iran from whatever they were doing ? Could it potentially lead to some disastrous consequences ? I'd like to hear someone explain how we come out ahead

[DMT]

aside from whether the guy deserved to die or not, are we going to be better off having killed him ? Do we think that will stop Iran from whatever they were doing ? Could it potentially lead to some disastrous consequences ? I'd like to hear someone explain how we come out ahead

Because wartime presidents get reelected, duh!