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01-08-2020, 06:42 AM
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Only because no one was killed, it could be a win for Trump if he gives Iran one chance to de escalate.
Interesting to me they picked
this particular base. There are bases closer to iran that have more americans. if they wanted to kill americans, why not attack those bases? any chance iran wanted to appear tough, but not go so far as to force Trump into retaliating? Or is there already a guarantee he’ll hit back? Politically, he’s better off if this ends now. I don’t know if he cares about that. And it only works if Iran backs off.
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01-08-2020, 07:11 AM
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Quote:
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? |
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01-08-2020, 07:42 AM
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Quote:
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?
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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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01-08-2020, 08:19 AM
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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?
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01-08-2020, 11:56 AM
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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/ |
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01-08-2020, 12:34 PM
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Quote:
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?
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Don’t know if the news feed on Boeing stock tanking after this was accurate, was this a Max? |
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01-08-2020, 01:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Got Stripers
Don’t know if the news feed on Boeing stock tanking after this was accurate, was this a Max?
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Negative
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