tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post4898148487271152683..comments2024-03-28T01:33:22.764-04:00Comments on The DiploMad 2.0: Soleimani and the "Imminent Threat" Furor: Usual Nonsense from the Anti-TrumpersDiploMadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02316439950882822419noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-70214136544693007132020-01-26T14:41:19.525-05:002020-01-26T14:41:19.525-05:00killing soleimani in 2020 is like killing himmler ...killing soleimani in 2020 is like killing himmler in 1938. yeah, nobody was at war with the nazis...yet. himmler’s demise may have accelerated the war...or not, or emboldened antinazi germans. we don’t know, but adding another depraved soul to hell sure feels good.jthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06813674789003385660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-88645129206453920872020-01-12T12:19:44.141-05:002020-01-12T12:19:44.141-05:00I, for one, trust and hope that we have a list of ...I, for one, trust and hope that we have a list of these jerks, and when an opportunity arises to shorten that list, do so with minimum consultation on high. "Public enemy" fits.Captain Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17297301009511642108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-65515349592467349812020-01-12T11:56:40.019-05:002020-01-12T11:56:40.019-05:00"We have, after all, all but bankrupted ourse...<i>"We have, after all, all but bankrupted ourselves playing the world's policeman."</i><br /><br />One of the greatest achievements of the US was the benign way in which the US invested labor & treasure in rebuilding defeated Japan and Germany in the aftermath of WWII. That compares so favorably with the evil "Kick them while they are down" approach the English & French applied after WWI. The 7 decades of relative peace following WWII is a clear demonstration of the wisdom of then-leaders of the US.<br /><br />But that was over 3 generations ago. It is time for the US to kick those ungrateful chicks out of the nest and let them look after themselves.Gavin Longmuirnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-10700592679244151052020-01-12T08:12:08.510-05:002020-01-12T08:12:08.510-05:00All too trueAll too truetfhrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08056518846851745411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-83663557737169447592020-01-12T08:10:39.577-05:002020-01-12T08:10:39.577-05:00Excellent point - and the media has been waiting t...Excellent point - and the media has been waiting to Benghazi Trump at the drop of a US ambassador - but instead he got out in front of his attackers both here and abroad.tfhrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08056518846851745411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-9086402040172380162020-01-11T22:30:45.780-05:002020-01-11T22:30:45.780-05:00There is another clear message from the timing of ...There is another clear message from the timing of this targeted killing: Iran, don't think you can pull another 1979 EMbassy and hostage taking stunt. Our Embassy in Baghdad was attacked a few days before QS was taken out, and by a Shi'ite group with which he was associated.<br /><br />Even so, the recent events in Iraq show that we have no business staying there. When we imposed plebiscitory democracy, the Shi'ites won, and the Sunnites rebelled, morphing into Daesh. We now take out QS, and the formerly pro-Daesh and furious Sunnites start breaking out in dancing and passing around sweets. We'll never satify either side, and by staying, we become a convenient excuse and scapegoat for why Iraqis can't get their own act together. Instead of trying to guarantee all the borders in place when the UN Charter was signed, maybe we should re-tool our foreign policy towards a frank admission that history is still going to happen, especially to those who really want it to happen. We have, after all, all but bankrupted ourselves playing the world's policeman.Kephahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00999385775493831638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-23628322234889480252020-01-11T21:58:01.908-05:002020-01-11T21:58:01.908-05:00It seems clear that we could have had Marines shoo...It seems clear that we could have had Marines shoot "mourners" in the embassy entrances around the Middle East, and those same Marines would be denigrated by the US media. Or, one missile to take out the person directing those operations and responsible for so many in the past. With the bonus to "shake the box" of the IRGC and Iranian power brokers. Oh, and instead of blame being heaped on Marines, the US media and Democrats pile it on Trump, who as the leader should take the brunt of the external abuse protecting the rank and file.JK Brownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-47918487938395031602020-01-11T14:24:00.606-05:002020-01-11T14:24:00.606-05:00Two parts here - first as regards the rending of g...Two parts here - first as regards the rending of garments & the gnashing of teeth over not consulting Congress. Though a different foe the context is essentially identical.<br /><br />How quickly they forget:<br /><br />Question - "I wonder if you could explain why you don’t think you need legal authorization from Congress."<br /><br />SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL - "But, to be clear, we do not believe the President needs that new authorization in order to take sustained action against ISIL. We believe that he can rely on the 2001 AUMF as statutory authority for the military airstrike operations he is directing against ISIL, for instance. And we believe that he has the authority to continue these operations beyond 60 days, consistent with the War Powers Resolution, because the operations are authorized by a statute."<br /><br />https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2014/09/10/background-conference-call-presidents-address-nation#.VBH-xrMzc7I.twitter<br /><br />***<br /><br />Now as regards the "Imminent Threat" questioning.<br /><br />I find it extremely curious that the media doesn't seem to realize the implications of what they themselves pre-empted their own evening news broadcasts when they reported our forces were under attack by ... <i>ballistic missiles!</i><br /><br />Not cruise missiles which staging and fueling can be a fairly quickly done thing but ballistic missile attacks are necessarily a more deliberative operation entailing some not inconsequential time to set up.<br /><br />Certainly enough time that an orbiting platform would have time - perhaps a week even - to detect early stage preparations.<br /><br />The question then arises; would a President think it wise to tip his hand to a hostile Congress that he might choose some course of action to influence any who look to be 'upping the ante' following a failed, for instance, embassy takeover?<br /><br />JKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-54223185863314100532020-01-11T14:07:40.830-05:002020-01-11T14:07:40.830-05:00Wow! I guess I hadn't through all the conseque...Wow! I guess I hadn't through all the consequences . . .ha!DiploMadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02316439950882822419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-17995722576777672192020-01-11T14:06:38.901-05:002020-01-11T14:06:38.901-05:00It is TDS plain and simple. It doesn't matter ...It is TDS plain and simple. It doesn't matter how much good for the country Trump achieves. The Media and Democrats (One in the same) will always spin negative. What will matter is more of the historical base of the democrat party benefiting from the policies of President Trump, and coming to the realization that the Democrats do not run a party, they run a vote plantation. Salvorhardinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04264616398711474819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-74020894024588137162020-01-11T13:58:15.240-05:002020-01-11T13:58:15.240-05:00Di-Fi the chi-spy got a call from soros and change...Di-Fi the chi-spy got a call from soros and changed her tune immediately. Hahackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02992981330979439260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-73438442549139070092020-01-11T13:55:48.264-05:002020-01-11T13:55:48.264-05:00But, he was supposed to be the Democrat nominee at...But, he was supposed to be the Democrat nominee at a brokered convention.ckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02992981330979439260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-27237788564727304342020-01-11T13:31:40.966-05:002020-01-11T13:31:40.966-05:00Pleasant options, like unicorn rainbow poop, can b...Pleasant options, like unicorn rainbow poop, can be hard to come by.<br />Trump's actions were downright saintly here in comparison. QS' departure was quick, something QS didn't provide to most of his victims.<br />As Feinstein said to Pelosi on the "impeachment", "if it's important, send it quickly... if it's not, don't" which is obvious to translate as "it's either quick and important, or it's politics as usual". Democrat objections to eliminating QS are the same. Do something expeditiously, or admit that your objections are pure partisan politics.<br /><br />- reader #1482Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com