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Obama Strikes a Deal--With Qassem Suleimani (2015)
Hudson Institute ^ | 14 July 2015 | Lee Smith

Posted on 01/03/2020 4:58:35 AM PST by Erik Latranyi

Obama likes Suleimani, and admires his work. As the president reportedly told a group of Arab officials in May, the Arabs “need to learn from Iran’s example.”

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Hang this around Obama's neck.....
1 posted on 01/03/2020 4:58:35 AM PST by Erik Latranyi
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To: Erik Latranyi

Unbelievable! proof that bammy loves the bearded savages and hates this country! Now we know who his true dear love is: the savage bearded allahu akhbar crowd.


2 posted on 01/03/2020 5:02:37 AM PST by I want the USA back (If free speech is taken away, dumb and silent we are led, like sheep to the slaughter: G Washington)
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To: Erik Latranyi

This is why the Founding Fathers did not want a foreigner as President.


3 posted on 01/03/2020 5:03:25 AM PST by shelterguy
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To: Erik Latranyi

bkmk


4 posted on 01/03/2020 5:04:27 AM PST by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: Erik Latranyi

Bkmk


5 posted on 01/03/2020 5:08:34 AM PST by BlackAdderess (The only system whereby the world can act cooperatively is Christianity)
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6 posted on 01/03/2020 5:13:24 AM PST by workerbee (America finally has an American president again.)
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To: Erik Latranyi

Valerie born in Tehran Jarrett must be very disappointed ;)


7 posted on 01/03/2020 5:16:05 AM PST by ksm1
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To: Erik Latranyi

“Hang this around Obama’s neck....”

In reality it started with Jimmy Carter. Obama just piled on.


8 posted on 01/03/2020 5:16:45 AM PST by where's_the_Outrage? (Drain the Swamp. Build the Wall.)
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To: Erik Latranyi

Now this is damning and thanks for posting. Dear God bring justice.


9 posted on 01/03/2020 5:19:00 AM PST by MomwithHope (Forever grateful to all our patriots, past, present and future.)
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To: Erik Latranyi

Obama sent hundreds of millions $cash to Iran

Iran kicked lots of it back through the Burisima pipeline in Ukraine.

The Nantucket house was purchased with funds kicked back from Iran


10 posted on 01/03/2020 5:22:12 AM PST by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) Progressives are existential American enemies)
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Hussain Obama sent THOUSANDS of millions to Iran...


11 posted on 01/03/2020 5:27:30 AM PST by HippyLoggerBiker (Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite and furthermore always carry a small snake.)
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To: Erik Latranyi

Bump


12 posted on 01/03/2020 5:29:35 AM PST by grimalkin (Communism is the final logic of the dehumanization of man. -Fulton J. Sheen)
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To: Erik Latranyi

Obama was a traitor


13 posted on 01/03/2020 5:36:25 AM PST by yldstrk (Bingo! We have a winner!)
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To: Erik Latranyi

TRAITOR!


14 posted on 01/03/2020 5:36:26 AM PST by bantam
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To: Erik Latranyi
May 2015. Interesting comment by Obama, it goes with General Allen's comments, also in May 2015:

MAY 29, 2015 : (OBAMA ADMIN SUPPORTING HEZBOLLAH...see GEN. JOHN ALLEN ) In an interview with CBS News, General (retired) John Allen, the Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition To Counter ISIL, or the Islamic State, attempted to assure Americans that they should not be concerned with the US providing military and other support for Shiite militias, many of which are backed by Iran. Allen attempts to separate the “extremist elements” from the Popular Mobilization Force (or Committee), when the distinction is practically meaningless. From the interview, which was published on the US State Department’s website (emphasis is mine):

With regard to militias, it’s really important to understand that the militias are not just a single monolithic entity. There are the militias that you and I are used to hearing that have close alignments with Iran. Those are the extremist elements, and we don’t have anything to do with that. But there are elements of the Shia militias that volunteered last year to try to defend Iraq from the onslaught of Daesh [Islamic State] who were called to arms by Grand Ayatollah Sistani, and those elements, or the Popular Mobilization Force, as they are known, have been subordinated to the Iraqi higher military campaign or command. And they will provide maneuver capacity and additional firepower to the Iraqi Security Forces as we continue to build them out, as we continue to build the professionalization of the Iraqi forces. So the fact that militias are involved and tribes are involved in this part of the campaign, this part of the implementation of supporting Iraq ultimately to recover the country, should not alarm us. We just need to ensure that we manage the outcome of this. Prime Minister Abadi’s been clear that these organizations within the Popular Mobilization Force, the Shia volunteers, will eventually either transition into the security forces themselves or go home. That’s the solution that he intends and I think that that’s a supportable outcome. So for now – this goes back to the point that you made about urgency – urgency is an important factor here in helping us to focus on supporting the Iraqis, the tribes, and the Popular Mobilization Force to take those actions necessary to defeat Daesh locally.
The “extremist elements” referred to by Allen include the Hezbollah Brigades, which has been designated by the US government as a Foreign Terrorist Organization, Saraya Khorasani, the Badr Organization, Asaib al Haq (League of the Righteous), Kata’ib Imam Ali (Imam Ali Brigade), Sayyed al Shuhada Brigade, and Harakat Nujaba. Top leaders of the last four groups are listed by the US as specially designated global terrorists.

The problem with Allen’s comments is that these so-called “extremist elements” are indeed the largest part of the Popular Mobilization Committee. In fact, when the Iraqi press and government refer to deploying the Popular Mobilization Committee, one or more of these groups are in the lead.

And the Popular Mobilization Committee itself is directed by Abu Mahdi al Muhandis, a former commander in the Badr Organization who was listed by the US government as a specially designated global terrorist in July 2009. The US government described Muhandis, whose real name is Jamal Jaafar Mohammed, as “an advisor to Qassem Soleimani,” the commander of the Qods Force, which is the external operations wing of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC).

The US military has supported these “extremist elements” in past operations, and continues to do so today. We’ve documented this multiple times here at The Long War Journal. The US support of Iranian-backed Shiite militias began at Amerli in the northern Salahaddin province in late August 2014. Kata’ib Hezbollah, Asiab al Haq, Saraya Khorasani, and the Badr Organization all took part in the fighting. Human Rights Watch detailed how the militias rampaged after the completion of the operation.

At the end of October 2014, the US launched airstrikes in Jurf al Sakhar in support of the League of the Righteous, the Hezbollah Brigades, and the Badr Brigade. The Islamic State was driven from Jurf al Sakhar.

The Tikrit operation, which took place in March 2015, was led by the Kata’ib Imam Ali, Badr Organization, the League of the Righteous, and Hezbollah Brigades. At the start of the operation, General Martin Dempsey said that Iran’s involvement in Tikrit could be a “good thing.” The US halted airstrikes once Iran’s involvement became too difficult to hide, then restarted once the militias purportedly backed off. But the militias participated, with the help of US airstrikes.

Today, in Ramadi, Hezbollah Brigades is taking the lead in the fight to liberate the city from the Islamic State. Allen is playing an all-too-familiar game with respect to the Iranian-backed Shiite militias. At the end of March, US Central Command leader General Lloyd Austin justified US airstrikes in Tikrit, claiming that Iranian-backed Shiite militias had withdrawn from the fighting there.

“I will not — and I hope we will never — coordinate or cooperate with Shiite militias,” Austin told the Senate Armed Services Committee at the time.

“These forces obviously were not being controlled by the government of Iraq,” he continued.

But the militias did in fact participate in the final push for Tikrit. This was proven when Asaib al Haq’s flag was raised over central Tikrit.

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Why General John Allen is Being Promoted In Commercials For Hillary Clinton…, The Conservative Tree House ^ | Oct 26, 2016 | Sundance Posted on ?10?/?26?/?2016? ?9?:?39?:?01? ?PM by HarleyLady27 https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2016/10/26/why-general-john-allen-is-being-promoted-in-commercials-for-hillary-clinton/

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15 posted on 01/03/2020 5:37:33 AM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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16 posted on 01/03/2020 5:39:50 AM PST by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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When a man sells his soul to Islam he takes a new Muslim name. It is Barry Soetoro who is the traitor, Brack Hussain Obama is just the Terrorist he became.


17 posted on 01/03/2020 5:47:33 AM PST by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: Erik Latranyi
Effin Obama. The Halfrican that keeps on giving back.

How can anyone in their right mind come to the conclusion that this dumb eff was doing what was right for America

18 posted on 01/03/2020 5:56:38 AM PST by eartick (Stupidity is expecting the government that broke itself to go out and fix itself. Texan for TEXIT!)
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Dear God bring justice.

God is wondering when the humans are going to get around to it.

19 posted on 01/03/2020 6:03:26 AM PST by Mogger
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To: Erik Latranyi

Obama probably just put his red magic wand on the ground and said don’t cross my red line.


20 posted on 01/03/2020 6:26:51 AM PST by cnsmom
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