Posted on 12/31/2019 3:17:01 PM PST by robowombat
“ Iraq is an artificial country, cobbled together like Yugoslavia.”
Done purposefully after WW2. It keeps them busy killing each other.
25 of theirs for 1 of ours.
It escalates from there.
“Why is Trump giving any credence to this Benghazi crap talk anyway?”
He’s doing the exact opposite. I saw Dems on Twatter bragging how they were going to hold “Benghazi hearings” on this.
President Trump is cramming it up their butts.
The Green Zone isn’t as locked up as it used to be. It is a big area, and there are a bunch of tall apartment buildings just across the street from the embassy, inside the old Green Zone, full of civilians.
The lower ranking guys are not going to confront one of these organized groups, until directly ordered by their superiors, so there will be a natural lag in response.
Things got elevated quickly, and Iraqi forces were dispatched. The Iraqi Interior Minister himself (Head of internal security), arrived on scene, and went into the US Embassy. Any Iraqi would expect to be killed if he caused injury to that guy.
At least one Apache was on the scene, came in for a low hover, and deployed flares right over the crowd (some threat may have triggered the release /s).
If this was a rehearsal/probe for a future assault, the next time they will encounter a different situation. A hundred more Marines have already arrived at the embassy, and other reinforcements are on the way.
Trump should Tweet that the Democrat presidential candidate ads caused the Baghdad embassy attack.
Evidently either being able to count or otherwise to tell the truth is not a requirement for a job at The Hill.
There won’t be a target notification 24 hrs ahead of time on cable news this time either.
That's what Creepy Joe said years ago...
This ain’t 1979. And jimmy fuc*in carter is not the President
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