Iran retaliating

[scottw]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

any chance iran wanted to appear tough, but not go so far as to force Trump into retaliating?

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well, if you are a high ranking iranian official you now know that if you kill Americans you are likely to get a hellfire missile in your ear...so what do you think?

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by scottw

well, if you are a high ranking iranian official you now know that if you kill Americans you are likely to get a hellfire missile in your ear...so what do you think?

i think they tanked the response on purpose. no reason to target that base if the goal was to kill
americans.
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[JohnR]

We'll probably find that the 737 was hit by Antiaircraft fire / local Air Defense systems.

They would have been pretty much weapons free last night.

Question two: why is this always happening to Ukrainians and Malaysians?

[wdmso]

Trumps news conference nothing but blaming Obama, same line on Fox ...

At least the pause button has been pushed ,

Punting to NATO?


Oil independence won't shield America from oil prices if that region goes up in smoke


The Myth of U.S. Energy. Independence

https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/09/18...e-up-in-smoke/

[Got Stripers]

Originally Posted by JohnR

We'll probably find that the 737 was hit by Antiaircraft fire / local Air Defense systems.

They would have been pretty much weapons free last night.

Question two: why is this always happening to Ukrainians and Malaysians?

Don’t know if the news feed on Boeing stock tanking after this was accurate, was this a Max?

[Nebe]

Originally Posted by Got Stripers

Don’t know if the news feed on Boeing stock tanking after this was accurate, was this a Max?

Negative
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