US Assassinates Iranian Military General

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US airbase Leased from Iraq is sovereign soil just like a consulate, so Iran attacked the US.


The initial attack against the General came from the US within Iraq WITHOUT them even knowing.

Meaning the US used Iraq soil to attack a person of position and Government from Iran.


Putting Iraq in a political and military situation that they shouldn't have been put into.


The US is now paying for that by getting the boot.


Which means they have one less area to work from against ISIS.


Where, exactly, is this all a good idea?
 

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Don't mean to put down your military. Your guys and gals are tough and well trained.

Just that you don't have much power projection capability, and just about no history of aggressive action, except in concert with the Brits or the Yanks.


Hopefully, that is the way it will remain. Frankly, the idea of Canada declaring war strikes me as ludicrous. Going to war will not bring back the 176 dead while condemning more to the same fate.
 

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Our history of ground troops and artillery are legendary, spearheaded every major British offenses in late WW I and all of WW II, formable foe on sea and sky with the limited equipment that we have.


Hate to burst your bubble, TM............but that was then and this is now. We were but participants in a European conflict.

It is not the skill of our troops that is in question rather it is Canada's ability to provide them with all the tools they need to actually fight a war. Fact is, we don't.
 

Tecumsehsbones

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Hopefully, that is the way it will remain. Frankly, the idea of Canada declaring war strikes me as ludicrous. Going to war will not bring back the 176 dead while condemning more to the same fate.
Heck, I can't even figure out what the tighty whitey righties are all whining about. The Canadians on that plane weren't Dougie McKenzie and Marie DuLac. They were Muslim Iranian-Canadians, whom the tighty whitey righties hate with a passion and want out of Canada.

Well, that's sixty-some of them out of Canada for good. A body'd think the tighty whitey righties'd be cheering and drinking LaBatts until they puke in the gutters.
 

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Heck, I can't even figure out what the tighty whitey righties are all whining about. The Canadians on that plane weren't Dougie McKenzie and Marie DuLac. They were Muslim Iranian-Canadians, whom the tighty whitey righties hate with a passion and want out of Canada.

Well, that's sixty-some of them out of Canada for good. A body'd think the tighty whitey righties'd be cheering and drinking LaBatts until they puke in the gutters.

In actual fact there were 138 people aboard that plane who were all bound for Canada - the majority of them were Canadians of Iranian birth or descent. Many of them were highly educated and valued members of their various professions and their deaths are felt deeply by all who worked with them. Many of them were university students spoken highly of by their professors. Then there were the wives, the children and the newly weds. I mourn their loss.
 

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In actual fact there were 138 people aboard that plane who were all bound for Canada - the majority of them were Canadians of Iranian birth or descent. Many of them were highly educated and valued members of their various professions and their deaths are felt deeply by all who worked with them. Many of them were university students spoken highly of by their professors. Then there were the wives, the children and the newly weds. I mourn their loss.
So do I. But we're sensible conservatives, not drooling religious haters.
 

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Heck, I can't even figure out what the tighty whitey righties are all whining about. The Canadians on that plane weren't Dougie McKenzie and Marie DuLac. They were Muslim Iranian-Canadians, whom the tighty whitey righties hate with a passion and want out of Canada.

Well, that's sixty-some of them out of Canada for good. A body'd think the tighty whitey righties'd be cheering and drinking LaBatts until they puke in the gutters.
that is callous , cruel.....and not accurate. Most o f the dead were highly educated & accomplished PEOPLE But you Yanks don't think in terms of PEOPLE.......humanity........you just think in terms of us. vs Them...... and you do the hating with extreme prejudice.......Killing PEOPLE seems to come naturally to the yanks........and yet they claim to be a nation of laws...........what kind of laws ???

The yanks talk equality, inclusiveness and have no clue what it looks like .......
 

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that is callous , cruel.....and not accurate. Most o f the dead were highly educated & accomplished PEOPLE But you Yanks don't think in terms of PEOPLE.......humanity........you just think in terms of us. vs Them...... and you do the hating with extreme prejudice.......Killing PEOPLE seems to come naturally to the yanks........and yet they claim to be a nation of laws...........what kind of laws ???
The yanks talk equality, inclusiveness and have no clue what it looks like .......
You bet. I've got an edge on me, particularly when it comes to CANADIANS on this board who have advocated official, legal, mandatory religious discrimination. Callous and cruel? You bet your ass. But who's "callous and cruel" here? Me, with my admittedly unkind and deliberately shocking call-out, or the ones who want to institute official religious discrimination in Canada and deport all people of one particular religion?

Yeah, it was mean as hell. And I stand by it, because it's also true. You can't say you haven't seen the posts.
 

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So do I. But we're sensible conservatives, not drooling religious haters.
Our Min of Foreign Affairs is answering media questions right now and told reporters that Canada has now been informed that there were only 57 Iranian Canadians aboard - not 63. Who knows what tomorrow will bring?
 

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Our Min of Foreign Affairs is answering media questions right now and told reporters that Canada has now been informed that there were only 57 Iranian Canadians aboard - not 63. Who knows what tomorrow will bring?
That, specifically, is why I said "sixty-some." I figured the 63 figure would change.
 

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that is callous , cruel.....and not accurate. Most o f the dead were highly educated & accomplished PEOPLE But you Yanks don't think in terms of PEOPLE.......humanity........you just think in terms of us. vs Them...... and you do the hating with extreme prejudice.......Killing PEOPLE seems to come naturally to the yanks........and yet they claim to be a nation of laws...........what kind of laws ???

The yanks talk equality, inclusiveness and have no clue what it looks like .......


Wow............no less then a blanket condemnation of an entire country. :roll:
 

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So do I. But we're sensible conservatives, not drooling religious haters.
that might be how YOU see yourselves.........and that might be quite different from how other nations see you. How a nation is perceived DOES MATTER.......and is based on nations attitudes and behavior. The US has an extensive war starting records........along with assassinations of leaders on the planet. Tech advances do not negate the barbaric killing that the US has done world wide. and lied about.

The Yanks make a dangerous assumption.............. when they consider other nations as stupid, or whatever condescending adjective they put on them.
 

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That, specifically, is why I said "sixty-some." I figured the 63 figure would change.
Way ahead of me as usual, Tec ;-). I hadn't considered that the number might very well change until I read your post and figured out why it would. Gruesome as that knowledge is.
 

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that might be how YOU see yourselves.........and that might be quite different from how other nations see you. How a nation is perceived DOES MATTER.......and is based on nations attitudes and behavior. The US has an extensive war starting records........along with assassinations of leaders on the planet. Tech advances do not negate the barbaric killing that the US has done world wide. and lied about.

The Yanks make a dangerous assumption.............. when they consider other nations as stupid, or whatever condescending adjective they put on them.


Just who are these 'Yanks' you are so enthrall of? And just who are you to judge the citizens of an entire country? I understand you have serious issues with the US government but for pete's sake direct your comments to it and leave your generalizations out of any discussion for they only make you look ill-informed.
 

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that might be how YOU see yourselves.........and that might be quite different from how other nations see you. How a nation is perceived DOES MATTER.......and is based on nations attitudes and behavior. The US has an extensive war starting records........along with assassinations of leaders on the planet. Tech advances do not negate the barbaric killing that the US has done world wide. and lied about.
The Yanks make a dangerous assumption.............. when they consider other nations as stupid, or whatever condescending adjective they put on them.
When I said "we," I was speaking of Mowich and me.
 

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Wow............no less then a blanket condemnation of an entire country. :roll:
It is the Trump regime that is at issue.........but includes the US warmongering based on LIES

Just like any nation.....it has to be seen for what it is........not the image it would like to display.