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Mattis Wanted To Strike Iran In Retaliation For Killing US Troops, Obama Denied Him
Breitbart.com ^ | 1/11/17 | Russ Read

Posted on 01/11/2017 1:59:17 PM PST by ColdOne

Iranian-supplied rockets killed as many as 15 U.S. troops per month in Iraq in the summer of 2011, and Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis had a plan to retaliate. The Obama administration denied his request.

Six U.S. soldiers were killed in a single such attack in early June of 2011, with another three killed just weeks later. Mattis, then the commander of U.S. Central Command, had had enough and decided the U.S. must strike back before the Iranian rockets caused further bloodshed. In conjunction with then Ambassador to Iraq James Jeffrey, Mattis proposed a strike inside Iranian territory, according to former senior U.S. officials speaking to the Washington Post.

The plan was to make it clear to the the Iranian government that providing rockets to its Shiite proxy insurgents inside Iraq was no longer going to be tolerated. Mattis suggested a nighttime strike against a power plant or oil refinery within Iranian territory.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: 2011; 201106; bho44; bhomiddleeast; cicobama; husseinobama; iran; iraq; iraqwar; irgc; jamesjeffrey; jeffrey; maddog; mattis; muslimworld; ustroops
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To: tomkat

Who would be worse to get your butt chewed out by: Mattis or Trump???


21 posted on 01/11/2017 3:50:10 PM PST by HarleyLady27 ('THE FORCE AWAKENS!!!' Trump/Pence: MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!)
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To: HarleyLady27

I’m going to say Mattis, but not because Trump doesn’t have it in him. It all depends on the venue.


22 posted on 01/11/2017 3:53:02 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: HarleyLady27
Easy .. if either was my boss, I'd simply NEVER screw up !

Seriously tho, if it was an honest human mistake, I think both would be fair in the end, and not take the opportunity for pointless humiliation for its own sake.

I believe they're both teachers by nature, and would feel somehow unsuccessful in the encounter if a lesson wasn't imparted.

On the other hand, if it was a mistake from utter carelessness, yikes to either !   ;-)

23 posted on 01/11/2017 4:03:07 PM PST by tomkat
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To: SaveFerris; BenLurkin
I think it is a Falcon 900.



24 posted on 01/11/2017 4:15:30 PM PST by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: SkyPilot

Man, I have GOT to buy one of those. After the Pantera of course.

lol

Very sweet-looking jet. While that color wouldn’t have been my first choice, it’s actually very nice-looking on that bird.

I always wanted a four-engined jet like Robin Masters flew in (ostensibly) on “Magnum, P.I.”. But then, I really like the Hughes 500’s, too.

Oh well - having no money solves all of that!


25 posted on 01/11/2017 4:24:12 PM PST by SaveFerris (Hebrews 13:2 Do not forget to entertain strangers, for ... some have unwittingly entertained angels)
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To: ColdOne

Mad Dog Mattis wanted to retaliate but Obeisant Obama declined.


26 posted on 01/11/2017 6:17:42 PM PST by luvbach1 (I hope Trump runs roughshod over the inevitable obstuctionists, Dems, progs, libs, or RINOs!)
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To: SkyPilot
Here is "Robin Master's" Lockheed Jetstar:


27 posted on 01/11/2017 6:55:48 PM PST by SaveFerris (Hebrews 13:2 Do not forget to entertain strangers, for ... some have unwittingly entertained angels)
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