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Middle East: Saudis Murder & Dismember Washington Post Contributor

Our embassy was attacked.

The reaction by our leadership this week should be compared with the reactions of our leadership during Benghazi.
 
Grabs Turds Bare said:
Our embassy was attacked.

The reaction by our leadership this week should be compared with the reactions of our leadership during Benghazi.
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Didn't you read what RJ said? We attacked them first with economic weapons of mass destruction. They were acting in self defense!!!!
 
Wonder what Qatar will look like in 2022 for the World Cup? Currently at level 1 travel advisory which is the safest you can be.
 
“There will be dead Americans" as a result of Iran general being killed, ex-CIA deputy director says

January 3, 2020 / 9:10 AM
The targeted killing of Qassem Soleimani, one of Iran's top military leaders, has escalated tensions between the U.S. and Iran, with Iran vowing revenge. CBS News senior national security contributor, and former acting and deputy CIA director Michael Morell told "CBS This Morning" the drone strike on Soleimani will lead to "dead civilian Americans."

"Soleimani was an evil genius, he had a lot of American blood on his hands," Morell said. "The world is a better place without him. The problem is that comes at a very high cost. Number one, there will be dead Americans, dead civilian Americans, as a result of this. Possibly over the next few days in any place where Iran has its proxies, Iraq is the most likely place, but also Lebanon, Bahrain, other places in the Middle East."

Morell said Iran would lose the battle if they responded with a military strike on U.S. forces in the region. He said he thinks Iran's proxies throughout the region will go after civilians, but that's not all.

"At a time and place of their choosing, they're going to conduct a terrorist strike that kills a senior American official," Morell said. "And that could be anywhere in the world."

Such an attack could occur on American soil, he said.

"Lebanese Hezbollah, which is one of [Iran's] closest allies, has contingency plans and those include plans in the United States against U.S. targets," Morell said. "Such a terrorist attack could occur soon."

According to Morell, the killing of Soleimani sets a dangerous precedent that senior officials are fair game in the "hybrid, not-yet-at-war kind of scenario that we're in with Iran."

"So, yes it's good that [Soleimani's] gone, but it's come at an extraordinarily high price," Morell said. "And that's why the Bush administration and the Obama administration chose not to do something like this."

The killing of Soleimani will also enable hardliners in Iran, where Soleimani is extremely popular, Morell said. And a successor may already be in place.

"There is some chatter on social media about the Iranians having already announced his successor," Morell said. "It's his deputy. It's his longtime deputy of 22 years. Same philosophy, same ideology. Not the same charisma, but the same approach. So I don't think we'll see a change in Iranian behavior as a result of Qassem Soleimani's death."
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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/qassem...lt-former-acting-cia-director-michael-morell/
 
The Drone Memos - 2016

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Newenglanddeac said:
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My response to Mike Pence:

"We also saw Donald Trump take HUNDREDS of MILLIONS of dollars in IRCG's financial support for Trump Tower Baku, Azerbaijan.

Trump was a PARTNER with IRCG."

I wonder if he'll get back to me? :)
 
Louis Gossett Jr said:
Brad the dipshit and other orange taint lickers would like to have a word with you.
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I don't think these people would ever admit that they think he's a liar and not to be trusted; they're too invested in defending him at all costs. But they know. They wouldn't stake their own lives/well-being on his honesty.
 
Jamison2Carter said:
I don't think these people would ever admit that they think he's a liar and not to be trusted; they're too invested in defending him at all costs. But they know. They wouldn't stake their own lives/well-being on his honesty.
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This. And I’m sure there are rubes defending dear leader over this report that was released today as well. But the Dow!!



U.S. manufacturing activity hits worst level since 2009

The Institute of Supply Management's index of manufacturing activity released Friday hit its lowest level since the end of the Great Recession in December.

Why it matters: It shows worsening conditions for the U.S. manufacturing sector, which has been in contraction for five straight months, and reignites concerns about the trade war's impact on the economy. Stocks, already in the red after a U.S. airstrike killed a top Iranian general, fell near the lowest levels of the day following the release of the data.

By the numbers: The index came in at 47.2 in December — worse than the 49 economists expected — falling 0.9 points from the prior month's reading. (Any reading below 50 suggests the manufacturing sector is in contraction.)
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https://www.axios.com/us-manufactur...ion-af6fb388-9cee-4944-8955-6aec166671ea.html
 
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