You will more often be attacked for what others think you believe than what you actually believe. Expect misrepresentation, misunderstanding, and projection as the modern normal default setting. ~ Quintus Curtius
Iran just doubled down on stupid:
Britain's ambassador to Iran is ARRESTED after photographing protesters in Tehran clash | Daily Mail Online
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“It doesn’t matter what the problem is, the solution is always for us to give the government more money and power, while we eat less meat.”
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The victims: 176 were killed. Those include 82 Iranians, 63 Canadians, 11 Ukrainians, 10 Swedes, four Afghans, three Germans and three British nationals, according to Ukraine's Foreign Minister.
As I said earlier perhaps the person they were looking for was on that plane.
Last edited by UNK; 01-11-2020 at 09:21 PM.
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The lunatics are running the asylum
What baffles me is this: The Quds Force was designated a terrorist entity in 2007. As its leader, Soleimani was a legitimate military target. It now turns out that killing him has been on the table for months.
If Trump had said as much and concluded with "we had to chance to take him out and we did so", that would have been the end of the story. Trump would have had a moment in which he looked firm and decisive, almost a Gary Cooper sort of guy.
Unfortunately, no. That was not enough for Trump. He had to embellish and lie about why Soleimani had to be killed. First there was the "imminent plot" for which there is no evidence. Now there's the "four embassies plot", something that Trump appears to have cooked up himself. Again, no evidence. Next it will be Trump saying that Soleimani planned to blow up Tranquility Base.
So we don't have a moment of "Trump the decisive leader", we have yet another moment of "Trump the big fat liar", in the same way that he turned the killing of the head of ISIS into a story about how Trump makes shit up.
If we have to march off into the next world, let us walk there on the bodies of our enemies.