Attack on the American embassy in Iraq

[Kutnupe14]

And yet it’s no less a crime now as it was then.

Incompetence isn’t a crime. If it were, Reagan (Marine Barracks) Carter (Iran), Bush (Iraq)... just about any president, would be in hot water.

 

[red_zr24x4]

Military weapons or improvised weapons will both kill you, don't see much difference.
About like saying the guy that broke into my house wasn't a threat because he had a hammer, not a gun

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Military weapons or improvised weapons will both kill you, don't see much difference.
About like saying they guy that broke into my house wasn't a threat because he had a hammer, not a gun

^^^Yes, this^^^ Sorry, but I'd rather have somebody shooting at me than fire bombing me. Call me crazy.

 

[Jludo]

Military weapons or improvised weapons will both kill you, don't see much difference.
About like saying the guy that broke into my house wasn't a threat because he had a hammer, not a gun

Really? You don't see much difference between Truck mounted artillery, RPGs, assault rifles, mortars and coke bottles filled with gasoline?

 

[Vigilant]

Then you'd be wrong. Ak 47s+RPGs+grenades+mortars are military weapons used in an armed assault. Theres no comparing them to molotov cocktails.

While they probably won’t make Janes, Molotov Cocktails are certainly weapons, and weapons which I want no part of being on the receiving end of.

 

[Jludo]

While they probably won’t make Janes, Molotov Cocktails are certainly weapons, and weapons which I want no part of being on the receiving end of.

No one said they were frisbees. The point is an armed militia assault with military weapons is an order of magnitude greater than a militia armed with rocks, fireworks and molotov cocktails. Full stop.
I didn't think this position would be controversial.

 

[KokomoDave]

Iranian General Soleimani dead. Good start...

 

[Route 45]

Iranian General Soleimani dead. Good start...

Yep. Just posted that in the WWIII thread. Wonder who killed him?

https://www.foxnews.com/world/rockets-baghdad-airport-injuries-reported

 

[bwframe]

 

[Kutnupe14]

Yep. Just posted that in the WWIII thread. Wonder who killed him?

https://www.foxnews.com/world/rockets-baghdad-airport-injuries-reported

I think they’re saying that “we” did. This will surely lead to an escalation. But hey better now than later, I guess.

 

[Phase2]

<<removed>> bad info

 

[KokomoDave]

Why not blame Russia / Egypt / China / evil axis of the minute? That way the Persians will attack the USA.

According to Funker530, it was a drone attack from the DOD using an expanding broadhead Hellfire.

I saw the pics. Quite spectacular!

 

[Wolfhound]

I think they’re saying that “we” did. This will surely lead to an escalation. But hey better now than later, I guess.

At first the report said it was katyusha rockets. Now they are saying possible airstrike. Several Iranian military leaders killed. I don't really care if they stepped in front of a Hellfire missile or if it was a Molotov cocktail. Good riddance.

The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said al-Muhandis had arrived to the airport in a convoy to receive Soleimani whose plane had arrived from either Lebanon or Syria. The airstrike occurred as soon as he descended from the plane to be greeted by al-Muhandis and his companions, killing them all.

It was not immediately clear who fired the missile or rockets or who was targeted. There was no immediate comment from the U.S.

 

[Dead Duck]

It was a drive-by Hellfire. Could have been anyone.

 

[jamil]

Don't think anyone's done that. I think the push back has been against anyone pointing out major differences. Mainly the heavily armed militia vs an unarmed militia. That's a pretty big difference worth recognizing.

I kinda think “not remotely comparable” fits what I’m sayin.

 

[KokomoDave]

It was a drive-by Hellfire. Could have been anyone.

I'm sorry. I'm not buying that. The photos according to Google Earth clearly had signs posting that area was a No Hellfire Zone (NHfZ) and that their rights should not be violated or they will go tell the UN.

 

[Wolfhound]

It was a drive-by Hellfire. Could have been anyone.

Lol, I suppose Israel could also be a suspect because of Iran's ties to Hamas. But, that would take some big Israeli cojones to fly in there and carry out the attack.

 

[Jludo]

I'm confused, do Iranian generals generally come and go as they please through the Iraqi airport and they just don't expect to be killed or was he not supposed to be in Iraq/covertly moving throughout the country?

 

[KokomoDave]

Lol, I suppose Israel could also be a suspect because of Iran's ties to Hamas. But, that would take some big Israeli cojones to fly in there and carry out the attack.

I believe they own drones too...

 

[jamil]

Isn't that what everybody else was doing? Ark's point, is that the administration Benghazi occurred under, is no longer in power.

The point being made is the contrast between how the Obama administration handled Benghazi vs how Trump handles attacks on American assets overseas. Obviously it’s necessary to mention the administration no longer in power to contrast the two different ways to handle such things.

I don’t know why people in this thread are so opposed to comparing this to Benghazi. I mean, dismissing it is so yesterday. Today the press is trying to say this is Trump’s Benghazi. C-mon. These guys need to get on the same page with what the prescribed outrage is supposed to be now.