Subject: Press Briefing by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Secretary of Defense Mark Esper | Palm Beach, FL

/publicpool.kinja.com ^ | 12/29/2019 | POOL REPORTS

[bitt]

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[TLI]

And today, what we did was take a decisive response that makes clear what President Trump has said for months and months and months, which is that we will not stand for the Islamic Republic of Iran to take actions that put American men and women in jeopardy

Yep.

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[Sacajaweau]

Gee.....we did something and there weren't any leaks. Imagine that.

Remember President Trump said...."If you want to keep a secret, send a courier."

[bitt]

TWITTER IS GOING NUTS

https://twitter.com/RealestAhole/status/1211431369332678656/photo/1

[bitt]

https://twitter.com/HeshmatAlavi/status/1211351751221223426

[ETCM]

Some significant events unfolding in Iraq. Did Iran miscalculate that they are ready for this?

[Alas Babylon!]

You’d think there’d be more posting on this rather than a armed citizen-stopped church shooting or Joe Biden getting heckled.

Why is a bunch of Congress headed back to DC on emergency flights? What will the Crazy Mullahs do and...

Now I hear the Prime Minister of Iraq is saying the US had no authority to do this raid.

[BeauBo]

From your twitter link (Heshmat Alavi):

“Sky News Arabia sources:
Abu Ali al-Khazali, head of the #Iran-backed Kataeb Hezbollah militia, has been killed in today’s U.S. airstrikes.”

Maybe a relative of Qais and Laith al-Khazali, who were running Death squad ops for the Iranian regime in Iraq?

Those bastards need killing.

This looks like a decapitation strike against a main surrogate of the Iranian regime - one of their “Foreign Legions”, cultivated by Gen Suleimani around the region.

There has been a low level civil war of sorts going on in Iraq, against the Iranian surrogates. This would seem to up the stakes, and the pace of the conflict.

[Responsibility2nd]

Airstrikes good. Ground forces bad.

[Mariner]

Your twitter link indicates somebody kicked a hornets nest.

There’s a helluva lot of Iranian militia and Republican Guard in Iraq and they are vowing to kill Americans.

The US embassy in Baghdad is being evacuated by US Special Forces.

[TigersEye]

Here's a little presidential contrast ...

[little jeremiah]

Heshmat Alavi is excellent, I see him re-tweeted a lot and should check him out more, thanks for link.

[kabar]

Just perfunctory MSM coverage. What is your source on a “bunch of Congress” returning to DC on emergency flights?

[Jeff Chandler]

You’d think there’d be more posting on this

I agree. This could be significant.

[bitt]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7834957/U-S-strikes-Iraq-Syria-target-Iranian-backed-Shiite-Muslim-militia-group.html

[SaveFerris]

interesting stuff - saw this thread on my cheap phone earlier.

[shelterguy]

“””””””’Now I hear the Prime Minister of Iraq is saying the US had no authority to do this raid.””””””””””””

Sounds like it is time to cut off the aid we send them.
That should help set their minds right.

[Alas Babylon!]

Post number 5. At least the Gang of Eight, or Pelosi.

Confusing so I said a bunch.

[SueRae]

I follow this brave soul on Twitter.