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Republican hawks call for retaliation after 3 killed in Iranian-backed strike
MSN & Politico ^ | 01/28/2024 | Kelly Garrity

Posted on 01/28/2024 1:20:41 PM PST by thegagline

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To: cowboyusa
Leaving aside that the troops should not be [there], if President Trump conducted a massive [response], would you support it?

No. And the first part of the question is what makes the second part ludicrous.

21 posted on 01/28/2024 1:57:17 PM PST by Alberta's Child (If something in government doesn’t make sense, you can be sure it makes dollars.)
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To: Alberta's Child

” IF you spill a dropof American blood, we will spill a gallon of yours.” Remember, hethreatened to decimate Iran in 2020.


22 posted on 01/28/2024 2:00:56 PM PST by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA! DEATH TO MARXISM AND LEFTISM! AMERICA, COWBOY UP!)
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To: thegagline

Biden/Obama are gutless cowards. Puppets of the One World Order/Government Communist plot to destroy mankind as it exists. They will not destroy Iran. They bear full guilt and American Service Member’s BLOOD are on their hands!! Do you think they even CARE?? Do you think they lie asleep at night and worry about it?? Not a freaking chance!!! They are fully for ANYTHING that brings about the OWO and the DESRUCTION of America as founded. That’s why they are doing what they are doing in regard to the US Border. Allow MILLIONS of illegals, military aged youths from China, men alone without any women or children with them, to cross the border AND all the illegals from the MIDDLE EAST that are pouring over the border. Be prepared to repel borders at your own homes. Like Trump said and I am in agreement with him on this, AN EVENT LIKE 9-11 IS COMING AGAIN and it will AGAIN come from within by those who infiltrated this country from foreign groups destined to kill Americans and bring down America. They are here. Something will occur. When, maybe around the time of the election, to throw America into complete and utter chaos. Just one Patriot’s opinion. And, I don’t think this is a Rippley’s Believe it or Not moment.


23 posted on 01/28/2024 2:20:27 PM PST by RetiredArmy (The Bible speaks truth! Don't believe it, you do so at your own peril. You'd better be right!!)
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To: thegagline

Chicken-hawks of the hen-house clucking for open borders.


24 posted on 01/28/2024 2:22:35 PM PST by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: cowboyusa

Trump knew how to respond properly he was willing to talk to Kim Jong-Un and kill an Iranian general.

Trump has a mind and tries all options with crazy folks-nations out there.

Biden...


25 posted on 01/28/2024 2:35:36 PM PST by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS-REMEMBER REV. NIEMOLLER)
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To: Nextrush

That is because President follows a Jacksonian foriegn policy approach. I will leave you alone, but if you attack me, I will wipe you out.


26 posted on 01/28/2024 2:40:43 PM PST by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA! DEATH TO MARXISM AND LEFTISM! AMERICA, COWBOY UP!)
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To: thegagline

Wow. Rhetoric on full display here.

It’s maybe hawkish to start a war, but to strike back when attacked is neither hawkish nor retaliation. It’s the appropriate and righteous response.


27 posted on 01/28/2024 2:41:23 PM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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Why is it just the GOP “Hawks?”

Good question. Biden may have surrendered, maybe some Republicans have followed his lead, but I sure haven't. Any loyal, proud American should demand a response. No one should ever be allowed to attack and kill Americans, especially our military service members.

28 posted on 01/28/2024 2:50:13 PM PST by Reno89519 (Biden, Democrats, and Some Republicans may have surrendered, but I have not. Defend America!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

They know the home locations of the Islamic council. Cut the heads off the snakes.


29 posted on 01/28/2024 2:53:03 PM PST by shotgun
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To: Owen

Owen. ...STFU


30 posted on 01/28/2024 3:02:03 PM PST by Mmogamer (I refudiate the lamestream media, leftists and their prevaricutions.)
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To: metmom
to strike back when attacked is neither hawkish nor retaliation

Striking back when attacked is the very definition of retaliation. Another word for retaliation in military action is counterattack.

31 posted on 01/28/2024 3:04:40 PM PST by Avalon Memories (Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats. -- P.J. O’Rourke)
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To: metmom
Wow. Rhetoric on full display here. It's maybe hawkish to start a war, but to strike back when attacked is neither hawkish nor retaliation. It's the appropriate and righteous response.

The soldiers were placed in Jordan to act as pawns/a tripwire. It was inevitable that they would be attacked.

The visceral response of calling for retaliation is just what the neocons want. Again, a Gulf of Tonkin incident. Thanks for playing along.

32 posted on 01/28/2024 3:07:32 PM PST by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Goldwater in 2024)
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To: cowboyusa

” IF you spill a dropof American blood, we will spill a gallon of yours.” Remember, hethreatened to decimate Iran in 2020.”

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This kind of rhetoric conjures up images of George Bush standing on the ashes of the WTC. My point is at the time it sounds great and motivates people, but if ramping up a conflict to the point that it eventually requires invading another country and trying to occupy it, then I’d rather Trump just be strong and silent. Instead of fiery rhetoric, I’d like a firm consistent does of restrained Realpolitik in my national security policy.


33 posted on 01/28/2024 3:09:04 PM PST by Bishop_Malachi (Liberal Socialism - A philosophy which advocates spreading a low standard of living equally.)
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To: thegagline

Lindsey Graham said “hit Iran hard.”

Based on who is giving this advice, I know this is certainly the wrong thing to do.


34 posted on 01/28/2024 3:10:26 PM PST by MNDude
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To: thegagline
Yep, with drones, lightly-defended military outposts are completely vulnerable, and we have them all over the world, apparently.

This gives TPTB multiple spots at which to start their war.

Anybody that doesn't recognize this is a moron.

35 posted on 01/28/2024 3:14:33 PM PST by Trailerpark Badass (“There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach,” said one woman)
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To: Bishop_Malachi

Remember what he did with Kim Jong Un? It lead to him being abl to meet with Kim.


36 posted on 01/28/2024 3:19:07 PM PST by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA! DEATH TO MARXISM AND LEFTISM! AMERICA, COWBOY UP!)
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To: Trailerpark Badass
And we're already fighting the Houtis in the Arabian sea to protect shipping, with only symbolic help from the Brits.

Do people here think, that after 30 years of non-stop war, while pushing war in Ukraine, our military can just respond anywhere, anytime?

37 posted on 01/28/2024 3:19:11 PM PST by Trailerpark Badass (“There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach,” said one woman)
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To: cowboyusa

For every gallon of enemy blood that US military spills, the US military spills a swimming pool of humiliation.

Fleeing out of Vietnam, the humiliation of Afghanistan, even the ragtag militia humiliated the US Navy.

How about we stop sending money to Iran and enemy regimes. It worked during Trump’s term.


38 posted on 01/28/2024 3:20:01 PM PST by MNDude
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To: MNDude
Lindsay Graham personifies “chickenhawk*”

*That is an example of an equivoque.

39 posted on 01/28/2024 3:24:26 PM PST by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Goldwater in 2024)
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To: MNDude

President Trump used peace through strenth. North Korea is a prime example. We didn’t fight those wars all the way. We haven’t fought a war all the way since World War 2. We should have almost no bases abroad, but when attacked we should respond with fury.


40 posted on 01/28/2024 3:25:13 PM PST by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA! DEATH TO MARXISM AND LEFTISM! AMERICA, COWBOY UP!)
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