Our new and improved Iraq discussion thread!

[RoyGBiv]

Putin on the Risk.

Of course THIS version comes to mind immediately....

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I know this is necessary and I know it has happened before, but reading that it is necessary raises my blood pressure. https://taskandpurpose.com/arlington...-security-iran



Targeting and attacking a cemetery dedicated to those who gave their lives in the service of our country is so far outside of civilized behavior as to be unthinkable. And to think that some of the people who will need to provide ID are people who are there to bury their loved ones. And now they need to worry about someone targeting them and the remains of their loved ones.

52 targets....I wonder if Israel/Mossad/special forces are frothing in anticipation of being turned loose.

[JohnO]

A condolence gift.

https://www.baconscouts.com/gift/sen...he-month-club/

[blues]

What says "we care" more than 52 pigs in a blanket?

[Wondering Beard]

Of course THIS version comes to mind immediately....

Well, they also were going to fail at:




So, it makes perfect sense you thought of that version :-)

[BehindBlueI's]

If not, is it likely the Iraqi parliament will declare "just kidding?"

Something not made clear in US media outlets is the following:

The non-binding resolution must now be sent back to Cabinet for it to become a law - although Iraq’s current caretaker government cannot pass legislation. The controversial, but largely symbolic decision was adopted in surreal circumstances. The session was boycotted by nearly half of all Iraqis parliamentarians and led by caretaker Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi, a man who had resigned from his position last month. He was largely discredited among Iraqi youth for overseeing a ruthless crackdown that took the lives of hundreds of unarmed protesters - many of whom died at the hands of pro-Iranian militias represented in parliament.

https://www.thenational.ae/opinion/e...sence-1.960679

[Baldanders]

Something not made clear in US media outlets is the following:



https://www.thenational.ae/opinion/e...sence-1.960679

Thanks, I sort of got bits of that from some coverage I have followed, but no one really put it all together.

Seems like some folks were "playing to the base," and the lawmakers who stayed away are safe in their seats as well.

[HCountyGuy]

Reports coming in of a rocket attack on the Al Asad air base in Iraq.

I think the fecal matter just hit the oscillating air-dispersion unit...

[Tokarev]

Good one

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Missiles were fired early Wednesday in multiple locations across Iraq, a senior U.S. military source in the country told Fox News, describing it as a series of attacks on U.S. forces from Iran.

https://www.foxnews.com/world/missil...iran-suspected