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Old 01-03-2020, 02:08 PM   #29
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death and maiming the US has done its share

But how many Americans ever heard of this General and theses these atrocities
How many Americans are asking if he was so evil why now ?
If you have paying attention since before 9/11, you know the name.

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Trumps rolling the dice on this one , with the markets , American lives which in my view he has now put at greater risk than they were yesterday, totally told Iraq to f off by ignoring their sovereignty ,, Iraqis can see this clearly
Like Obama and Pakistan?

Lots of Iraqis celebrating in the streets too

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What would Americans think if Iran called the joint chief of staff a terrorist and they killed him and others in their motorcade in a 3 rd country they were visiting?
I have seen this take a bunch of times. We do not have an equivalent to Soleimani or the Quds Force and you know this. He was more an d equivalent to a Waffen SS / Stasi / Republican Guard commander all rolled up into one, with pinches of SOC and CIA.


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Is One Man’s Terrorist Another Man’s Freedom Fighter?


How one decides which is which depends on what end of the gun your on
Which one is he to you?

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Seems like a vanity play, very risky, Iraq is close to falling apart anyway and Trump does this? I don’t buy the defensive argument.
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Very risky, but leaving him alone and delivering pallets of cash did not work either.

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