Trumped

[St1ck]

10 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

Sure, but you know the cost will come out, the left will go into an uproar, and nothing will happen. And Trump's base will not give a single fuck. So he'll get away with it. 

I don't care what his base thinks. 

[ten ocho recon scout]

2 hours ago, UndertheHalo said:

And it’s news to me that the Baghdad airport is a “combat” zone.   Sulimani was assassinated  by any reasonable definition of the word.   Eventually they’ll get their payback.   Unfortunately for whoever the poor bastard that gets it is. 

Everything in Iraq is and has been a warzone for previous two decades.

What defines a warzone? Soleimani was in Iraq for the direct purpose of killing others, no? (IS and offshoot sunni groups opposed to the current govt).

Iran is Iraq for the express purpose to turning it into part of its own.... this is exactly what people complain about us doing. They are doing exactly what Army SF has done from inception. "Foreign internal defense".

So reverse the question. If one of ours was killed, outside of the same airport, would anyone here be shocked our outraged? Or would we consider it an obvious hazard that comes with the territory of that job?

To be clear, Im not suggesting we should have droned him. Thats a totally different topic. 

[UndertheHalo]

I think that if the iranians had droned an American general at the Baghdad airport it would have rightly caused outrage and we would be justified in seeking retribution.  
 

also, I wholly do not accept that it was necessary to drone this guy in order to prevent some imminent attack.  In fact the Iraqis are saying that he was on some kind of diplomatic mission relaying messages between Tehran and Riyadh via the Iraqis. 
 

and as far as Iran seeking to influence Iraq and comparing that to what we’re doing.  Sorry I don’t accept that either.  Iran and Iraq have all sorts of cultural ties.  They are literally neighboring countries.  There was a regime that was hostile to Iran and guess what ! We got rid of them.  We opened the door to Iranian intervention in Iraq.  A country they are justified in having interests in.  At least a far more of justified claim to intervention then we have.

Does it make sense from the Iranian point of view that they should tolerate an American proxy government in Baghdad ? You know history TORS.  Why would that be acceptable to Tehran ? 
 

Edited January 9, 2020 by UndertheHalo

[Taylor]

34 minutes ago, UndertheHalo said:

I think tdawgs Native American buddy that makes flute music sounds pretty cool.  Personally.  

sneaky flute?

[Taylor]

24 minutes ago, Adam said:

If only you would have voted harder

I do mail-in ballots, so voting for me is easy. 

[Lou]

41 minutes ago, Make Angels Great Again said:

 

I found a picture of him actually making music. Seems like the guy he's playing to is enjoying it.

 

Funny you bring this up.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/07/media/cnn-settles-lawsuit-viral-video/index.html

[tdawg87]

3 minutes ago, Taylor said:

sneaky flute?

Nope. It was one of those long, thick ones. 

 

[tdawg87]

28 minutes ago, st1ckboy said:

I don't care what his base thinks. 

I don't either, but they're voters and they're going to vote Trump even if he drops a nuke in Kansas.

[Lou]

33 minutes ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

Everything in Iraq is and has been a warzone for previous two decades.

What defines a warzone? Soleimani was in Iraq for the direct purpose of killing others, no? (IS and offshoot sunni groups opposed to the current govt).

Baghdad Airport.

tap-tap...hello? is this thing on?

[St1ck]

15 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

I don't either, but they're voters and they're going to vote Trump even if he drops a nuke in Kansas.

So they should only report on things based on what his base cares about?

[tdawg87]

2 minutes ago, st1ckboy said:

So they should only report on things based on what his base cares about?

Huh? Where'd you get that idea? 

Are you drunk? Because I am too.

[St1ck]

2 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

Huh? Where'd you get that idea? 

Are you drunk? Because I am too.

Never mind, it's not worth explaining. No drinks in me yet. What are you drinking?

[tdawg87]

Other Half from Brooklyn.

[Lou]

2 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

Other Half from Brooklyn.

What's his name?

[tdawg87]

1 minute ago, Lou said:

What's his name?

His real name or street name?

[Lou]

2 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

His real name or street name?

Screen name

[tdawg87]

Just now, Lou said:

Screen name

Angelsjunky

[failos]

On 1/8/2020 at 2:33 PM, Taylor said:

What is the AW origin story for the Crying Indian GIF?

bullabungwayo iggy ribby ribby ree 

[Lou]

3 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

Angelsjunky

That's hot 

[AngelsLakersFan]

53 minutes ago, UndertheHalo said:

I think that if the iranians had droned an American general at the Baghdad airport it would have rightly caused outrage and we would be justified in seeking retribution.  
 

also, I wholly do not accept that it was necessary to drone this guy in order to prevent some imminent attack.  In fact the Iraqis are saying that he was on some kind of diplomatic mission relaying messages between Tehran and Riyadh via the Iraqis. 
 

and as far as Iran seeking to influence Iraq and comparing that to what we’re doing.  Sorry I don’t accept that either.  Iran and Iraq have all sorts of cultural ties.  They are literally neighboring countries.  There was a regime that was hostile to Iran and guess what ! We got rid of them.  We opened the door to Iranian intervention in Iraq.  A country they are justified in having interests in.  At least a far more of justified claim to intervention then we have.

Does it make sense from the Iranian point of view that they should tolerate an American proxy government in Baghdad ? You know history TORS.  Why would that be acceptable to Tehran ? 
 

Holy shit we are one step away from people posting tweets from @BaghdadBob's twitter account and acting like it's the New York fucking Times.

[tdawg87]

3 minutes ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

Holy shit we are one step away from people posting tweets from @BaghdadBob's twitter account and acting like it's the New York fucking Times.

We're one step away? I suppose if we take a step backwards.

[AngelsLakersFan]

1 minute ago, tdawg87 said:

We're one step away? I suppose if we take a step backwards.

I was debating the number and direction of the steps, but I went with the traditional count because I didn't want to distract from the point!

[tdawg87]

19 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

Other Half from Brooklyn.

Right now I'm drinking a fruit beer called Double Vanilla Boysenberry Crunchee and it's exactly as gay as it sounds. 

[Lou]

1 hour ago, UndertheHalo said:

In fact the Iraqis are saying that he was on some kind of diplomatic mission relaying messages between Tehran and Riyadh via the Iraqis. 
 

Well that certainly changes things

[Amazing Larry]

7 minutes ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

also, I wholly do not accept that it was necessary to drone this guy in order to prevent some imminent attack.  In fact the Iraqis are saying that he was on some kind of diplomatic mission relaying messages between Tehran and Riyadh via the Iraqis. 

That doesn't sound right to me. If that were the case why hasn't Riyadh chimed in?