Iran War now? Yea or nay?

[Dr. Gonzo]

After a second or two of Google research China supports the fact that Israel deserves to exist so, I have no objections to any of this.

China would be a moron to not make Israel a strong partner even if signaling publicly in the other direction while they occupied the Middle East.

Israel is about the only place over there that knows how to get anything done without just throwing insane gobs of money in Las Vegas style development projects.

[Michael Tzadok]

You know what I think Iraq and Iran would really benefit from?

A shit load of Chinese restaurants, Chinese laundromats, Hong Kong Kung Fu movies with Arabic subtitles or dubbing in every movie theater, and lots and lots of loans from the Chinese, and investment from the Chinese.

And Chinese soldiers all over the Middle East, secretly eating their beloved pork, secretly drinking alcohol, really revitalizing the opium trade back to its glory days, and restoring the Mongol Empire all over the Middle East in a modern form.

This Marine had a slightly different take, and I'm not sure he's wrong:

[Dung Beatles]

This Marine had a slightly different take, and I'm not sure he's wrong:

I have never seen that show and I believe they aught to find the young man whom this guy is based off, if he exists, and make him a US Senator.

[Dr. Gonzo]

This Marine had a slightly different take, and I'm not sure he's wrong:

Bwahaha!!!

[goodlun]

This Marine had a slightly different take, and I'm not sure he's wrong:

Fun fact, China has a serious lack of women problem, and um something something about Uyghur women:
https://www.businessinsider.com/chin...report-2019-11

[ghost55]

The Iraqi PM is claiming the U.S asked him to mediate with Iran and Soleimani was supposed to meet him the morning we killed him. If this is true it means that we lured a foreign official to another country under the guise of diplomacy for the express purpose of assassinating him. Y'all still okay with that?

Source (I have more if you guys don't like this one): https://mobile.twitter.com/Mustafa_s...53153449086977

[Dr. Gonzo]

The Iraqi PM is claiming the U.S asked him to mediate with Iran and Soleimani was supposed to meet him the morning we killed him. If this is true it means that we lured a foreign official to another country under the guise of diplomacy for the express purpose of assassinating him. Y'all still okay with that?

Source (I have more if you guys don't like this one): https://mobile.twitter.com/Mustafa_s...53153449086977

Standard playbook tactic.

[ghost55]

Standard playbook tactic.

Not for international diplomacy it fucking isn't.

[Dr. Gonzo]

Not for international diplomacy it fucking isn't.

War, and the operation you seem to object to,

are merely international diplomacy by more violent means.

But this has always been the way of it, among States, and Princes, and the struggles for Power and Position.

Be part of violent action against the territory of another sovereign State, particularly a powerful, well armed, and well financed State,

and you remain on the field, exposed, at your own peril.

[ghost55]

War, and the operation you seem to object to,

are merely international diplomacy by more violent means.

But this has always been the way of it, among States, and Princes, and the struggles for Power and Position.

You don't request mediated de-escalation talks and then wack the representative of the other country when they try to attend. Either you're trolling or you really are that fucking stupid. I'm not sure which at this point.

[Dr. Gonzo]

You don't request mediated de-escalation talks and then wack the representative of the other country when they try to attend. Either you're trolling or you really are that fucking stupid. I'm not sure which at this point.

Knowledge of the target's location in the manner that you described is what you may hear the other posters refer to as "reliable HUMINT".

[hungryjoe]

This Marine had a slightly different take, and I'm not sure he's wrong:

OOHRAH

[hungryjoe]

The Iraqi PM is claiming the U.S asked him to mediate with Iran and Soleimani was supposed to meet him the morning we killed him. If this is true it means that we lured a foreign official to another country under the guise of diplomacy for the express purpose of assassinating him. Y'all still okay with that?

Source (I have more if you guys don't like this one): https://mobile.twitter.com/Mustafa_s...53153449086977

You didn't read the Reuters link BKR posted.

[Dr. Gonzo]

Knowledge of the target's location in the manner that you described is what you may hear the other posters refer to as "reliable HUMINT".

I would add, Ghost,

You do understand that good martial operation execution, just like good martial arts execution,

quite often fundamentally relies on deception.

Babe Ruth and show boaters may sometimes call their shots,

But in most cases, it is better to show someone the left, and then hit them with the right,

present the problem of the choke, and then nail them with the armlock,

and the best way to shoot a true enemy is often to shoot them in the back,

at a distance, from cover, in a manner they never saw coming.

All is fair, in love and war...except war is real, unlike romantic love, which often isn't.

[hungryjoe]

Knowledge of the target's location in the manner that you described is what you may hear the other posters refer to as "reliable HUMINT".

Righteous kill. The shot. Not the shitty movie.