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Nope, not forgetting. That Al-Baghdadi was in a Turkey protection zone for all that time.Breitbart:https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2019/10/28/kurds-al-baghdadi-operation-a-month-late-due-to-turkish-aggression/
Cumhuriyet later revealed evidence that Turkish military officers were in direct contact with senior Islamic State terrorists to coordinate opening the border to allow foreign jihadists to enter Turkey and join the ISIS fray.
I don't think that is fair. In October Trump was the antiwar lets get out of Syria guy. Then he sends more in. I remember that conversation here. Many were saying that Trump promised to bring home our troops. They were giving Paul praise for his antiwar stance also.I have not changed. I support war and military strikes to defend our allies and protect our interests in the ME. And speaking of bad actors:https://www.nordicmonitor.com/2019/10/top-erdogans-aides-probed-for-irgc-quds-force-links-in-a-hushed-up-probe/And honestly I can't remember what your stance was on the Syria pull out that gave Erdogan green light. But a whole lot of bad actors liked that also.
I never had enough information about the Syrian deal to formulate any kind of opinion. Nobody in charge was telling us the truth, and I mean nobody. I do know I never liked Edogan.
He is no better than a delusional 60s PeacenickPeople like Truman, Eisenhower, Reagan knew that Peae is obtained by taking very firm, hard stands.Sometimes that means making the enemhy die, as Patton opined.
Rand Paul:'Diplomacy is dead now in the Middle East with Iran' after Soleimani killingFishrrman to Rand Paul:There never WAS any "diplomacy" to be had with Iran.Except, perhaps, coming in on the warhead end of a cruise missile.
According to Lindsey Graham, the strike was pre-emptive. Soleimani was responsible for 17% of all American deaths in the ME. He was there to plan & carry out more attacks.
Truman was a fool
Diplomacy is overrated.
@dfwgator True,but it is always worth a try.
Not with jihadists.
@bigheadfred Costs NOTHING to tell them to behave. You can always drop the hammer if they don't.
"I think without a declaration of war, without Congress and the American people behind it, what you get is a messy mission. You get a mission of escalating intermittent violence," Paul told Cavuto. "The president said he didn't want perpetual war in the Middle East. But he's adding more and more troops. If you don't want perpetual war, you don't keep sending more targets over there."Paul believes it is more likely that "Iran, their militias and their proxies will attack the U.S." following the death of Soleimani.The above is exactly what I think. An attack will happen in the United States.Killing this general would not stop an already planned attack on our people over there. I do not think there was any planned attack, but saying it, gave Trump what he wanted to kill another bad guy. He wants to kill individuals so he can take credit as the big guy who kills other big guys, making him the biggest guy who gets applause for killing guys. Malignant Narcissism.
Chosen daughter used 'green light' in her post. THAT IS DIRECT, FROM LAME, LYING, LEFT, MEDIA. Zero green light was given. 3 kinds of KURDS. Some worse than ISSI with cruelty! Like MS-13.
I disagree with you, although I agree there's a likelihood there will be an attack in the U.S. This was a targeted and measured response, against a shadowy operator who has sown chaos in the area for years, apparently orchestrated the attack on the U.S. embassy and (last year) bombed Saudi oil installations in an attempt to rupture the world economy. This was a message sent to the Iranian government, without affecting the lives of the Iranian people, unlike what a strike on Iranian oil facilities would do as advocated by some including Lindsay Graham. This can and should be interpreted as tit for tat and a spur to serious negotiations. If it does not turn out that way, that will be the Iranians' choice. This was an astonishing feat of American intelligence and military skill. I have to believe that the Iranian understand the seriousness of our intent, and the tools at our disposal.
