The reason I mostly post memes is that it's been repeatedly proven that trying to teach a snake to tap dance is a fruitless endeavor and only irritates the snake..........

However I've discovered The President has learned to make all the Left Puppets dance whenever he plays the tune, and posting those memes increases the chorus line.........

"Ding-Dong"

back to the subject......

Soleimani was a monster, wanted atomic cloud over Tel Aviv - German newspaper
The title of Reichelt’s commentary was, “Trump has freed the world from a monster.”
Julian Reichelt, the editor-in-chief of best-selling German newspaper Bild, on Friday authored a barn-burning commentary praising US President Donald Trump for authorizing a military strike to eliminate Iranian General Qassem Soleimani.

"President Trump has freed the world of a monster whose aim in life was an atomic cloud over Tel Aviv. Trump has acted in self-defense – the self-defense of the US and all peace-loving people," wrote Reichelt.

He added that “the Iranian terror godfather Qassem Soleimani stood for a world that no peace-loving person can want: a world in which you can be torn apart by a bomb at any time because you are in the wrong place at the wrong time.”

The commentary singled out Soleimani’s scorched-earth campaign in the Syrian war: "A world in which entire cities are wiped out – like Aleppo. In which bloodthirsty militia go from door to door and execute civilians."

Reichelt noted the potential of Iran’s regime to carry out terrorism in Germany and Israel, "in which the kindergartens in Germany could burn up in fireballs at any time because its children are Jewish. In which Israel is under threat of extinction every day."

It would appear not 'all the world' disagrees with this example of 'Stick Diplomacy'.......it's the only thing some madmen understand...........are you listening Kim?

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"Sour Grapes make a bitter Whine." <(0)>

Is this just the first target on Rump's - Nixon Style - enemies list? Is he going to follow MBS to cement his power? Is Jeff Bezos next?

One would think with all these Seal Teams the US would have the ability to carry out an assassination without having to resort to hellfire missiles.

In any case Nuclear Power Iran likely will respond in the same manner as the USA would if Iran had taken out Mark A. Milley. For those who don't recognize the name, the title is chairman of joint chiefs of staff.

If I were you I wouldn't be heading to any gatherings - sports events, concerts, trade shows - for the foreseeable future.

It would appear not 'all the world' disagrees with this example of 'Stick Diplomacy'.......it's the only thing some madmen understand...........are you listening Kim?

Nor would it appear that everyone agrees with the editor of Bild
https://www.dw.com/en/opinion-trumps-pyrrhic-victory/a-51889012

Still, much as the elimination of Saddam Hussein soon turned out to be a Pyrrhic victory a decade ago in Iraq, Soleimani's killing may not ultimately pay out the dividends that Washington expects.

Therefore, it would seem that Iran's plan to provoke the US into acting in such a way that the Iraqi people would turn against its troops seems to have worked. It would also seem that if this is the case, Iran will have won twice: The Iraqi protest movement will have been temporarily quelled, and Iran could once again keep its neighbor on a short leash.

By now, the US must realize that its campaign of "maximum pressure" against Iran has done nothing to protect American interests inside Iraq, but rather, has put them in harm's way. Furthermore, the US has been unable to curb Iran's influence across the Middle East. In fact, quite the opposite has been the case, with Iran acting more aggressively each passing day.

Iranian leadership is most likely weighing its options to determine whether it makes more sense to attack America head-on, or to go after targets held by US allies in the region. Should Iran attack directly it will take up the gauntlet that Trump has thrown at its feet with Soleimani's assassination. But Iran could also use its numerous proxy militias to go after a wide range of US allies in the region.

If Iran were to attack the United Arab Emirates (UAE) or Saudi Arabia, for instance, the United States would be forced to decide whether to stand by those allies or not.

If Washington chooses to do so, it would allow the country to be drawn into yet another war with unknown consequences — and the risk of a large-scale regional conflagration would become very real.

Should the US choose not to act, that, too, would dramatically tip the balance of power in the region — at enormous cost to the West.

<ed>or others

The US airstrikes on Iraq on Sunday that killed 25 people of the Kata'ib Hezbollah militia blatantly violated Iraq's sovereignty and raised tensions in the volatile Middle East region. Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi, who was informed by US Defense Secretary Mark Esper only a few hours ahead of the strikes, condemned the attacks. When he asked the United States to call off the bombing, the latter simply ignored him.

Besides defying international laws, the airstrikes have contradicted what the US president claimed in the United Nations in September 2017－that sovereignty should be the guiding principle of affairs between nations. It has proven to be a sheer lie.

My crystal ball keeps showing me replays of the helicopter evacuation of the Saigon embassy. I don't think this is going to end well.

Oh dear... Why does Trump use Twitter for this?
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1213919480574812160

These Media Posts will serve as notification to the United States Congress that should Iran strike any U.S. person or target, the United States will quickly & fully strike back, & perhaps in a disproportionate manner. Such legal notice is not required, but is given nevertheless!

Well I hope that v2.0 and the U.S. are prepared to fight WWIII all by themselves this time.

Trump's America stands utterly alone.

In fact it just maybe the time for us allies to pull out of the Middle East immediately and let the U.S. clean up all the crap that they have created and are still creating.

My crystal ball keeps showing me replays of the helicopter evacuation of the Saigon embassy. I don't think this is going to end well.

Yes, sadly a lot of us are thinking just the same thing Richard.

My crystal ball keeps showing me replays of the helicopter evacuation of the Saigon embassy. I don't think this is going to end well.

Mine shows him displacing Warren G. Harding, Andrew Johnson, James Buchanan, Franklin Pierce, Millard Fillmore, John Tyler and Ulysses S. Grant moving their rankings up.

Old men playing god yet again!

The only blunders made in the Middle East were those of the "line in the sand" gang. The US has only exasperated those blunders ever since.

The only blunders made in the Middle East were those of the "line in the sand" gang. The US has only exasperated those blunders ever since.

Very much so and v2.0 is making things very much worse by the day.

Well I hope that v2.0 and the U.S. are prepared to fight WWIII all by themselves this time.

Trump's America stands utterly alone.

In fact it just maybe the time for us allies to pull out of the Middle East immediately and let the U.S. clean up all the crap that they have created and are still creating.

My crystal ball keeps showing me replays of the helicopter evacuation of the Saigon embassy. I don't think this is going to end well.

Yes, sadly a lot of us are thinking just the same thing Richard.

Wiggo the crap that you are referring started with the Balfour agreement and the way the Ottoman empire was divided up.

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Maybe Betreger, but...

Its eight-year war with Iraq from 1980 to 1988 has shown it to be capable of assembling vast reserves of would-be martyrs in the form of human wave attacks unlike anything terrorist groups have been able to mount.

...should serve as a clear warning.
Not worry, Trump is 6,000 miles away!

Well I hope that v2.0 and the U.S. are prepared to fight WWIII all by themselves this time.

Trump's America stands utterly alone.

In fact it just maybe the time for us allies to pull out of the Middle East immediately and let the U.S. clean up all the crap that they have created and are still creating.

My crystal ball keeps showing me replays of the helicopter evacuation of the Saigon embassy. I don't think this is going to end well.

Yes, sadly a lot of us are thinking just the same thing Richard.

Wiggo the crap that you are referring started with the Balfour agreement and the way the Ottoman empire was divided up.

I'm well aware when it started Betreger, but since the 1960's (and especially so since the 1973 oil crisis) U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East has only stirred up the pot further from the slow simmer it was then to the boil it is now. :-(

WHO is WE? Another DERANGED ONE SPEWs

https://dailycaller.com/2020/01/05/george-lopez-responds-iran-bounty-trump

RUBEWORLD NOT LIKING these SICKO HATING SPEWERs

However LOVE ORANGe YAPe

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May we All have a METAMORPHOSIS. REASON. GOoD JUDGEMENT and LOVE and ORDER!!!!!

Sounds like street cred to a GOPer.

How do we "deal", at this moment in history, with the murderous and evil pro terrorist government now controlling Iran?

Well you guys deal with Israel, the UAE and Saudi Arabia and they're no different, but you guys have been turning a blind eye to what they're doing behind the scenes (and they're been doing plenty).

And now we have Trump threatening violence against cultural sites in Iran. Remember the Buddhas of Bamyan? They're the ones the Taliban blew up. Trump is sinking to their level.

Culture belongs to the planet, not solely to the tribe, race or religion that created it. And certainly 1,500 year old culture like the Buddhas doesn't belong to a 40 year old rebel tenant. The UN is right to declare violence against cultural artefacts as a war crime.

HYPOCRITEs to dA MAX

https://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2020/01/06/klein-nancy-pelosi-celebrated-killing-of-gaddafi-slams-trump-for-eliminating-soleimani

YEP. YES? NO? YES

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/01/06/chuck-schumer-praised-obamas-bold-decisive-strike-terrorist-leader

RUBEWorld REMEMBERs OBLABBY dA MEGA DRONEHITMan and His DEM/Lib CHEERLEADERs

ORANGe YAPe

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May we All have a METAMORPHOSIS. REASON. GOoD JUDGEMENT and LOVE and ORDER!!!!!