Michael Pregent: Iran fears US war – May have deliberately missed hitting Americans in missile attacks

Fox News ^ | Jan. 8, 2020 | Michael Pregent

[Leaning Right]

Iranian missile attacks on two joint U.S.-Iraqi military bases Wednesday morning didn’t kill or injure any Americans, according to initial reports – and that appears to have been a deliberate move by Iran to avoid a retaliatory strike by U.S. forces.

Iran had to strike back at the U.S. in some way after an American drone attack ordered by President Trump killed Iranian terrorist Gen. Qassem Soleimani and other terrorists Friday morning in Iraq. But the leaders of the Iranian regime are smart enough to know that if they had killed Americans in their retaliatory attack, Trump would have responded with deadly force.

[Leaning Right]

A retired colonel appeared on one of the news channels yesterday (I forget which one). He said much the same thing. According to him, Iran used low-accuracy missiles, and aimed at targets that were easy to miss. Their goal was to appear defiant, but to do no real damage.

[DIRTYSECRET]

Perhaps they’re not very good at it.

[LittleBillyInfidel]

They launched them, but Nanzi is holding them for later filing.

[The Sons of Liberty]

Michael Pregent: Iran fears US war – May have deliberately missed hitting Americans in missile attacks

It is an opportunity to wipe out their NUKE program with our bunker busters!

[Harpotoo]

I’m now waiting upon the iraqi parliament to swiftly pass a resolution calling for the ouster of all iranians and their militias from iraq because of their violation of iraqi territory and sovereignty!-)

[alancarp]

So they killed Ukranians instead???

[pfflier]

Their goal was to appear defiant, but to do no real damage.

They used the pelosi impeachment strategy...

[dhs12345]

Maybe the bold aggressive approach with terrorists and terrorist regimes works. Versus passive appeasement and boat loads of cash for bribery.

[READINABLUESTATE]

“So they killed Ukranians instead???”

the plane was carrying 82 Iranians, 63 Canadians, and 11 Ukrainians, including all nine crew members, along with 10 Swedes, four Afghans, three Germans and three Britons. Iranian officials said 147 of the victims were Iranian, suggesting many of the victims were dual nationals.

[dennisw]

Probably fired off old missile stock that was getting near the expiration date.

[ThePatriotsFlag]

Perhaps they’re not very good at it.

When 1/3 of our military equipment fails ... it is time to start negotiating for peace.

[Gay State Conservative]

Either Iran is a bad shot or they went out of their way to avoid anything major happening. Although it seems unlikely that that Ukrainian airliner committed suicide.about 60 Canadians killed...and Prime Minister Blackface is sure to blame us.

[nuconvert]

It would seem to me that it would take more accuracy to miss hitting soldiers on the base.

[HighSierra5]

Yeah. I believe that their missles are either very good at targeting so no one gets hurt or they suck. I believe it’s the latter.

[logi_cal869]

And they warned the Iraqis, who warned US military.

But you won’t see that on CNN/MSNBC, only the propaganda placating those the attack was intended to do in Iran.

[familyop]

That canard is already tiresome. The truth of the matter, other than the many Americans casualties from IEDs, is that Iran is too goofy to hit anything but its own civilians with inferior antiaircraft missiles and stampeding funeral attendees.

[Spruce]

Or.

What if this WAS their “A” game? What if these dudes really suck?

[uranium penguin]

I think we need a Jon Lovitz “i meant to do that, that’s the ticket” memes here..

[dfwgator]

Taking lessons from the Norks...

[Leaning Right]

> It would seem to me that it would take more accuracy to miss hitting soldiers on the base. <

According to the colonel I mentioned earlier, the Iranians chose targets that were far enough away to almost guarantee a miss. So the missiles blew up some sand, and not any base.

I did a quick search for that colonel’s video before posting. I couldn’t find it. If I can find it later, I’ll post it on this thread.