Iran has just launched ballistic missiles at Americunt miltary bases in Iraq

No link???

Fake news until link is provided.

A swarthy man in a beard looked at me funny. It's terrorism! Hold me Donald

R2 Please attempt to refrain from using right wingnut nouns and speech here.

[post redacted because linking to dailymail.co.uk clearly indicates that the poster is either a troll or an idiot (probably both, honestly.) Our advice is that you just ignore this poster but whatever you do, don't click on any link to this putrid rag.]

[quote][R2] Please attempt to refrain from using right wingnut nouns and speech here.

Fake news wasn't invented by the Right, you moron.

Again with the Daily Mail links.

Can't anyone find any other source for news other than that shit rag?

Reporters on twitter saying yes.

r4 Please stop policing other people's language, Mary. Also, what r6 said.

No- they just perfected it and then decided to replace/deny/discount the truth R6

Does the Daily Mail own Datalounge?

Is that why every fucking new link comes from there?

From the BBC

[quote]The Al-Asad base was reportedly hit by multiple rockets. It is unclear if there have been any casualties.

Yes it’s FOX, but appears to be true.

Seriously r11, the number of dailymail links we get on this board is insane.

I get it is used a lot of for "fun" celebrity stories, but really that's your go to for a serious news article?!

US has just confirmed its bases are under attack. I am following on Twitter. You can find your own links.

Time to wipe out those 52 Iranian targets.

R6, r9, but they perfected it.

Not that I think we shouldn’t use the term. “Fake News” defines Trump and Fox.

Spoiler alert, you can post links to tweets r15.

This is a discussion board, that is how to set up discussion, linking to what you are talking about.

r14 I feel like many DLers are also BRF obsessives and so they use DM as source for other news as well because it's convenient.

Entirely Trump‘s fault. If this is all of it, we’re all lucky.

R9 Go lick Trump's arse, and if you need to lick more, get working on his boots. I have the other dumb cunt on block. You're to join him there shortly. You're tone is TRUMPTARD. Fake News! Never happened, etc.

You're too American for your own good.

MSNBC has just reported it.

- At least 6 rockets or missiles, possibly more, fired at Al Asad Airbase in Iraq

- Base is home to U.S. forces

- Iran has claimed responsibility

- No word on damage, casualties

- No U.S. response so far

Huff Post, if you can stand it.

*Omg, I thought that was the BBC Twitter account. Gurls, discard my post at r23 immediately!

Iran has begun an attack on the United States with missiles fired at an American base in western Iraq, Iranian official news media said early Wednesday.

“The fierce revenge by the Revolutionary Guards has begun,” Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said in a statement on a Telegram channel.

The reported attack was the start of what Iran had promised as retaliation for the killing of a top Revolutionary Guards commander in Baghdad by the United States last week.

Iranian news media reported the attack hours after the commander, Maj. Gen. Qassem Suleimani, was returned to his hometown in Iran for burial.

Hossein Soleimani, the editor in chief of Mashregh, the main Revolutionary Guards news website, said that short-range ballistic missiles had been fired at the American base at Asad, in Anbar Province, in western Iraq.

One American official said six rockets had landed at Asad air base, but could not confirm that they were missiles.

CNN reporting

CNN reporting it...

Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper said Tuesday that Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani had been planning attacks to occur within days, laying out the administration’s legal justification for killing the Iranian commander in a drone strike.

Americans officials have been pressed over their claims that they targeted General Suleimani to forestall imminent attacks against U.S. interests.

At a Pentagon news conference Tuesday, Mr. Esper was asked whether attacks had been expected in days or weeks. “I think it’s more fair to say days,” the defense secretary said.

He declined to offer more details, nor to describe the intelligence underpinning that assessment.

Mr. Esper said General Suleimani, who was killed Friday in Iraq, “was in Baghdad to coordinate additional attacks.”

“He’s been conducting terrorist activities against us and our coalition partners for over 20 years,” Mr. Esper said. “He has the blood of hundreds of Americans, soldiers, on his hands and wounded thousands more. And then we could talk about all of the mayhem he’s caused against the Syrian people, the people of Lebanon. Even his own people in Iran.”

He added: “To somehow suggest that he wasn’t a legitimate target, I think, is fanciful. He was clearly on the battlefield.”

Mr. Esper also said that despite an unsigned draft letter from the American military command in Baghdad on troop withdrawal and a unanimous vote by the Iraqi Parliament, the United States does not plan to pull its troops out of Iraq right now.

The Pentagon has made preparations in anticipation of Iranian retaliation, Mr. Esper said, and American troops in the Middle East are on a heightened state of alert.

“I think we should expect that they will retaliate in some way, shape or form,” Mr. Esper told a news conference at the Pentagon. “We’re prepared for any contingency and then we’ll respond appropriately to whatever they do.”

Listening as I type. Breaking news on ABC World News Tonight.

Nothing fake about it ...... We ARE in danger, Girls !

President Trump on Tuesday told reporters he would avoid targeting cultural sites in military attacks, walking back a threat he made against Iran days earlier.

Following a bipartisan and international uproar, Mr. Trump conceded that striking such sites would amount to a war crime. “If that’s what the law is, I like to obey the law,” he said in the Oval Office as he hosted the visiting prime minister of Greece, Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

His remarks to reporters came a day after Mark T. Esper, the secretary of defense, said striking Iranian cultural sites with no military value would be a war crime. That appeared to put him at odds with his boss.

“We will follow the laws of armed conflict,” the defense secretary said at a news briefing at the Pentagon on Monday when asked if cultural sites would be targeted.

On Saturday, Mr. Trump declared that the United States had identified 52 potential targets in Iran, some “important to Iran & the Iranian culture.”

Jennifer Griffin @JenGriffinFNC From senior US military source in Iraq: “Under missile attack from Iran. These are either cruise missiles or short range ballistic missiles. All over the country.”

Here we go again.

I hope it doesn’t escalate from here but...sheesh...

Early reports: 20 US troops have died.

They should bomb Mar-a-Lago.

[bold]False alarm of rockets landing at Iraqi base with U.S. troops.[/bold]

Reports reached Washington on Tuesday that an Iraqi military base where American troops are deployed was rocketed by Iran or its proxy forces.

But officials subsequently said the early report of an attack appeared to be false.

Bases in Iraq are routinely hit by rockets and mortar fire. Some NATO troops are leaving Iraq. NATO is removing some of the trainers who have been working with Iraqi soldiers battling the Islamic State, in the wake of the American killing of Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani.

On Monday, the NATO secretary-general, Jens Stoltenberg, announced that training had been temporarily suspended.

Describing security of NATO personnel, the organization said in a statement that it would be taking precautions — including “the temporary repositioning of some personnel to different locations both inside and outside Iraq.’’

NATO “maintains a presence in Iraq’’ and remains committed “to fighting international terrorism,” an official said, but refused to provide “operational details’’ about troop movements.

NATO has had roughly 500 soldiers doing the training.

Thanks, Trump.

For the love of all that is holy, please let the "anonymous adult in the room" hide the nuclear codes from the fucktard-in-chief!!

Cheers R17. I'm not the police... If I were, they would be in trouble! It's very Rethuglicunt to disbelieve, deny, and disprove every consequence from Agent Orange's policy. Almost ALWAYS followed up with "Fake News!" or simply Never Happened!

If posters do not wish to be confused with the enemy, they ought not to parrot their made up jibberish.

Please don't link a random screenwriter for supposed details that has no inside knowledge, he is following twitter like the rest of us r35.

Some NATO countries, like Canada, Germany and Croatia, have announced that they are moving troops out of Iraq altogether, at least temporarily, because of security concerns.

Canada is temporarily moving to Kuwait some of its 500 military personnel based in Iraq, the country’s top military official, Gen. Jonathan Vance, said in a letter posted on Twitter on Tuesday.

Thirty of the 120 German soldiers in Iraq will be sent to Jordan and Kuwait, while others will remain positioned in the less volatile Kurdistan region, the German defense and foreign ministries said in a joint letter to the German parliament, the Bundestag.

“When the training is able to resume, the military personnel can be reinstated,” the letter said.

Croatia has also moved its small contingent of soldiers — 14 — from Iraq, with seven bound for Kuwait and the rest headed home, the Croatian Defense Ministry said. Slovakia has also removed its seven soldiers.

Some NATO troops began leaving Baghdad’s Green Zone in helicopters Monday night. The NATO training mission began in 2018 at Iraq’s request.

They should launch one directly at Trump.

r37 In other words, FAKE fucking NEWS.

Reports of several explosions, and helicopters in the air.

Iran has been asking to be vaporized for at least a decade now.

This gives us a real justification to send them all to meet Allah.

Barbara Death Star just reported that much of the Pentagon closed early today because of an approaching snow storm. Talk about being caught with your pants down!

r39 Omg, stop blabbering about the same fucking thing already, we get it, you don't like the phrase "fake news." Jesus.

You really want another Iraq r45? Don't be an idiot. The last thing America needs is another endless middle eastern war to throw money down the drain.

Get some common sense.

I guess it's war now. Fuck.

Gurls, Pleeze ...............

This is NOT the time for petty snarkiness.

Now go load your weapons !

BBC and Guardian have both put out Breaking News alerts about it here in the UK. My phone and iPad just went mental.

Damn. I had just turned off MSNBC for the night...back on!

Fill up your gas tanks hussies, prices will be $4 a gallon by the end of the week!

r50 Can you show me how to operate this thing, darling? I haven't used it once since I purchased it.

Iran is doing this wrong. Don't hit the military, hold him accountable.

R45 Is the same Rethuglicunt @ R2. Just really loving the prospect of war, and the American killing machine that is the Military Industrial Complex. He probably wanks to a picture of Bolton.

Hoes be mad

Probably by tomorrow, r53.

I feel fine.

Anybody have Xanax?

Is the attack genuine, or is it another montage like the supposed chemical weapons with which Al Assad attacked civilians, Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and Afghanistan's Taliban involvement with 9/11?

Let's not forget that Mike Pompeo admitted to shamelessly lying, cheating and manipulating information when he was the director of the CIA. Can we trust these people? The answer is NO. Unless Iran admits to the attack, I would be extremely suspicious.

Yes, it's genuine. American bases in Iraq are under missle attack from Iran.

In my stomach R60. Just took the last two tablets with some scotch.

Iran has admitted to it.

Iran has claimed responsibility.

20 American deaths so far according to reports.

Thank God the 2d Amendment allows men in Montana to carry firearms, in case they get that far!

[quote]CNN’s Barbara Starr reports that Pentagon officials have been hard to reach “because they were sent home early for what was supposed to be a major snowstorm.”

A funny detail in this mess.

Trump ty Dumpty must be so proud .........

Let's never let it get memory-holed that he started this whole thing.

It's 2003 all over again bitches!

Iran needs to have a nuclear grease fire rained down upon it.

It'll take a minute for accurate reports to reach us, so better we just wait.

Impeachment? What impeachment? That's their whole game.

[quote]Let's never let it get memory-holed that he started this whole thing.

No. He didn’t. Iran attacked our embassy first. They are asking for war.

There is absolutely no accurate report on whether they are casualties yet r66.

The Pentagon staff who can't be reached because they went home due to some snow will NEVER live this down! I hope they are Republicans!

God help us. Trump has been informed, and is " currently evaluating " the situation .

No reports yet on casualties /injuries.

I wonder if they slipped yesterday when they said they were leaving Iraq, then walked it back. Maybe they moved the troops in advance of what they knew was coming?

Iran is about to be destroyed. Trump will not fuck around.

All Trump does is fuck around r81.

R81 ALL HE DOES IS FUCK AROUND

Okay, took an Ativan. Let's see if it helps.

So much for the Art of a Deal.

It's the same poster this thread who has been cheering for a war with Iran. We need Muriel to bust out a nice red-tag.

Well...we're boned. This is NOT reassuring, Huckabeast-Wannabe

Let's hope that the fighting stays overseas.

Hopefully it was just a light bruising. Let them have this provocation, it's not worth fighting a war over, it truly isn't.

To all those that voted for this vile, criminal, imbecile, you (we) are about to reap what you have sowed.

The world stands on the brink of war.

Because Trump has broken or withdrawn from every treaty and agreement, our Allies will not support us going forward as they have in the past. There will be no coalition. America will go at it alone.

Because Trump has lied to the American people with abandon, nobody will believe anything he says about Iran as he beats the drums of war.

Our draft-dodging, fake president is playing general with real nuclear weapons in a sandbox with opponents with real nuclear weapons.

You're lying, R75. Iraqi people, fed up with an illegal occupation, attacked the embassy. Iran had nothing to do with it and unlike it has been claimed Soleimani wasn't even there - in fact, he had been invited by the Iraqi and US governments to participate in peace talks to de-escalate hostilities with Saudi Arabia.

You're a liar and a warmonger - not to mention that you're probably here to try to stir up support for Trump's diversion war.

Of course it isn't r90, but the military industrial complex wants to keep getting fed. The TRILLIONS of taxpayer dollars we have thrown at the Iraq conflict are starting to wind down.

And then Iran attacks Israel.

And then Israel attacks Iraq.

Then all Muslim countries attack Israel, including Pakistan with nukes.

Then...

R81, you seem as stupid as Trump. Overly-emotional, led by your feelings instead of your brain. It should end right here. 20 American dead is what Trump asked for in exchange for that VIP’s assassination.

Good luck with that R89. We will respond, I am sure in an over kill way being Trump's ego. They will respond as well, and guess what the gloves will be off at that point and they will try to hit us everywhere including the mainland.

Well, there goes my dry January!

FUCK YOU, TRUMP!

Israel - girl, you in danger.

On the brink of war with Iran and who's calling the shots? The star of The Apprentice. 🤦‍♂️

Trump is a nutjob, I would not put it past him to pass go and take the extreme options. How far dose fallout reach around the globe?

Donald J. Trump@realDonaldTrump

In order to get elected, @BarackObama will start a war with Iran.

2:48 PM - Nov 29, 2011

Can someone tell me when Rand Paul is off MSNBC.

Can we quit repeating this "20 dead" shit r94. That was just random bullshit flying around twitter, currently we don't know anything.

[quote] R75: Iran attacked our embassy first. They are asking for war.

Our embassy grounds were vandalized, and you think this means war? Why don’t you volunteer? Fool.

Israel has had nuclear weapons for decades, so if push came to shove....

Anything to help American citizens: How on earth are we going to pay for this?!

Anything that goes to bombing the middle east: Here is a blank check, have fun!

More than a dozen missiles confirmed launched from Iran by US Gov.

Deep shit now.

I don’t like the way the new decade is starting.

Fire all the nuclear weapons. Our therapy wasn’t going anywhere anyways.

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Ballistic missiles, too, R106, launched at two US military sites.

Death to OP!

Bomb, Bomb, Bomb...Bomb Bomb I - Ran - John McCain.

Rand Paul’s comments were surprisingly reasonable. Though, he could have added, “Fuck-you, Trump!”

So many MARYS! on this thread.

Don't respond, let them have this little "victory."

Impeachment trial? Yeah, forgot all about it now.

I bet the traitor decides to use nukes at some point. Those who have been right (ex. Sarah Kendzior) about a lot of this shit have been warning about it.

So how many Americans are going to die because of Trumps impulsiveness and lack of planning?

This is Obama's fault!

If this fucks up Melania’s big “Woman of Distinction” Night she’s gonna be PISSED.

Yep, would not be suprised in Trump goes straight to Nukes. Russia responds, we respond world over.

More Iranians died at the funeral for their VIP than Americans rumored to have died in this attack.

MARY!

This is more likely to end with us exiting the Middle East, tail between our legs.

R9 Stop defending Trumptards you daft cunt.

Six rockets, no casualties. We can unclench now.

He’s been itching to use nukes from before he was elected. And the electorate just laughed and said “Oh, that Trump. He’ll say anything to get a rise out of the liberals.” “Are you not entertained?”

He’s been itching to use nukes from before he was elected. And the electorate just laughed and said “Oh, that Trump. He’ll say anything to get a rise out of the liberals.” “Are you not entertained?”

You know the bullshit patriotism will begin tomorrow. Trial? What trial? "We need to rally around our president in this time of war. He needs us."

Asshole Trump got what he wanted, war with Iraq. I wish he was dead.

Can we at least offer the well endowed Iranians shelter? I have room for a couple in my extra bedroom.

20 casualties reported. FF R126 for Pro-Trumpist bs.

Trump is fucking crazy.

[quote]Iraq’s Joint Military Command said seven rockets had hit the base. Iranian officials said the attack began at 1:20 a.m., the time that General Suleimani was killed by an American drone at the Baghdad airport on Friday.

Yikes.

R130?? Not clear why anyone would want to protect Tehran. We should have annihilated them when they took the hostages 40 years ago. Nothing but threats from them since.

[quote]Fill up your gas tanks hussies, prices will be $4 a gallon by the end of the week!

So?

[quote]The strike at Al Asad came less than two hours after reports circulated that rockets had been fired on Taji Air Base, an Iraqi military base where American troops are deployed. Officials said the reports of an attack there appeared to be false.

Oh, so that one *was* fake news. Glad that's been cleared up now.

If the stock markets crash because of this, Trump can kiss his reelection bid goodbye.

It's called the fog of war R137. Grow up.

Oh no this is so TARE UH BUL — I certainly won’t get involved to fuck things up even more.

This is all Trumps fault and the whole world knows it. I hope no one in Europe comes to our aid. Trump should be tried for war crimes.

Wars make money, this will help the rich even more than before.

No R129. We need to rally to get Trump out of office. He only started this "war" thinking that it would protect him from impeachment and get him re-elected. He only cares about himself and he couldn't care if innocent people may die in the process. He's not a tough guy. He's a coward.

r139 No, it's literally called fake news, cunt. Grow the fuck up.

"Time to wipe out those 52 Iranian targets."

As long as Trump thinks of KFC as a cultural site, bombs away.

Trump is shitting bricks. He's panicked, scared and just hair's breadth away from the fucking nuclear codes.

And it's not even his fat gelatinous ass on the line.

Fucking, stupid ignorant Trump voters. You own this.

[quote]Wars make money, this will help the rich even more than before.

Groundbreaking. 🙄

The Hill:

Senate Republican blocks unanimous consent on resolution calling targeting cultural sites a war crime

Well, I hope Susan motherfucker cunt piece of shit Sarandon is happy. Oh yeah, Susan... Hillary was so dangerous and a war hawk!

Second wave of ballistic missiles underway per Guardian's Michael Safi.

Pentagon now says more than a dozen missiles were launched.

Trump is an enemy of the people.

DL fave David Muir's BDF is on it!

NYT:

Iran Attacks Two U.S. Bases in Iraq: Live Updates

Official word.

[quote]Iran fired more than a dozen ballistic missiles at two military bases in Iraq where American troops are based, the Pentagon said Tuesday.

[quote]“It is clear that these missiles were launched from Iran and targeted at least two Iraqi military bases hosting U.S. military and coalition personnel at Al-Asad and Erbil,” Jonathan Hoffman, the Pentagon’s chief spokesman, said in a statement.

International law says it is a war crime so he can go fuck himself. R148.

I don’t ever remember a time when the majority of US citizens were on the side of the “enemy”. Dump has destroyed your county irreparably.

Country

Second wave of attacks now. Lots of video of missiles hitting their targets.

[quote]Hillary was so dangerous and a war hawk!

Hillary is pissed as fuck right now that she couldn’t be the one this close to launching the nuclear codes on Iran.

Dow futures plunge 400 points. Whoopee!

Link R159?

We know what Trump is like. He’s emotional, ignorant, and stupid. And mentally ill. He’s incapable of letting something go if someone else will play the price.

4 more years!

[quote]Impeachment trial? Yeah, forgot all about it now.

Republican mission accomplished!

Dr. Robert Fortuna @psychdr100 · 6m The missiles that hit at least 2 American bases are not mere rockets or SCUDS. They are are state of the art ballistic missiles with big payloads. Thousands of Americans will die in Trump's war.

“To get re-elected our president will go to war with Iran.”

Thank god I bought an electric vehicle. Gas is going way up.

R160, you seem to have missed the point of that post. Or the @158 before that. Hillary wouldn’t have been this stupid to be in this position.

Any attractive Iranian men are welcome to come stay with me. Must be hung with low hangers. 10s preferred, will consider 8s. Im a solid 4, however I have standards.

R137 You are such a massive cunt. You also are so impossibly ignorant, you fail to realise news of the strike is often reported before it hits. Shut your bloody mouth already.

You're the only poster on this thread promulgating false claims and details. Over a dozen ballistic missiles have struck two separate bases which house US troops. Ironic you're the "Fake News" douche as well.

[quote]Nancy Pelosi received a phone call from Mike Pence, as she was about to open the House for new session. The speaker’s chief of staff said Pelosi called the vice president back minutes after presiding over the House, and was briefed on Iran’s attacks.

[quote]Nancy Pelosi says she’s “closely monitoring the situation”, adding that she’d like “needless provocations from the Administration” end.

The Guardian seems to have the best live blog about this. Others are too fucking slow by half.

Donald Jr and Eric are hiding under Lincoln's bed.

Death to Iran!

From The Guardian link at r172:

[quote]In the meantime, defense secretary Mark Esper and secretary of state Mike Pompeo have arrived at the White House. According to CNN, Esper was carrying a large bag.

Chris Mathers just asked his guest what should happen if this was a normal President.

[quote]Hillary wouldn’t have been this stupid to be in this position.

I wouldn’t be so sure. Hillary showed time and again that she had terrible judgment, made bad decisions, and was advised by idiots.

If this were a normal president we’d be talking about the golden globes still.

Death to Trump

So what's the plan, Donald ?

[quote]When asked about the casualty assessment, defense official notes that the US had a “very good early warning system” to know when these missiles were fired and where they were going

LET IT GO YOU HILLARY OBSESSED TRUMPETER. You know she lost the election right?

Yeah, no, you’re wrong r177. Stop sulking about saint Bernie losing and enjoy the activities of the president you helped elect.

See - the patriotism bullshit has already started.

If you like this - enlist! Pack your bags and go fight. Maybe Trump will lead his troops to battle like Teddy Roosevelt!

Just in, second wave of missles.

R177, save it for another time. Have you watched the news, for Christ’ sake? This is Trump fucking up, live of TV, to avoid impeachment. Don’t start with that Benghazi email crap.

Teddy Roosevelt never led troops as president.

I hope our troops are safe.

FUCK TRUMP!

Yes, Death to Trump!

No matter what choices Hillary would have made, she would still outshine Trump.

[quote]A top advisor to Iran’s supreme leader posted an image of the Iranian flag as news steams in of multiple attacks on US military sites. The tweet seems to be a counterpoint to Donald Trump’s tweet featuring a low-resolution image of the American flag, following a strike that killed Iranian general Qassim Suleimani.

We're doing this over Twitter now, great. 😩

Dan Quayle would have made better decisions than Shitler is.

My nephew is in the Army. Was scheduled to go to South Korea soon. I was initially worried about that, but now....

R174 that’ll show ‘em!

The trolls are out in force tonight here and on Twitter and Face Book. This isn't about Hillary or Democrats, trolls. This is about the fact you voted for and worship a sociopathic nutcase who will let the entire world burn to ashes to save his own ass. And his Rapture-ready buddies Pompeo and Pence are happy to push him right to the brink.

Fuck all of you trolls. Fuck every piece of shit who voted for Trump and his Republican enablers. Fuck every goddamn last one of you.

New report claims that the Iranian air force is being deployed. Fasten your seatbelts, it’s going to be a bumpy night.

Hell naw here come!

CNN reports casualties among Iraqis but not Americans (yet).

These people don't fuck around when an idiotic bully like Trump tried to steal the show.

Trump certainly has a great team of informed advisors.

A link for r196

A link for r196

Trump tweets Plosi: "Step back." [bitch].

CNN saying Trump may address the nation tonight.

Dear Twitter,

Right now would be a great time to suspend Trump's account before he starts a World War using your site.

Sincerely, Everyone

Say goodnight, r195.

NOW!

Should I read James Baldwin's Notes of a Native Son or start the latest season of The Crown?

[quote]IRGC saying Ayatollah Khamenei is in control centre coordinating attacks.

Fucking hell. This is one of the best Twitter accounts if you want to follow the developments, btw.

Trump needs a drug test. You know he's on fucking drugs!

I hope the stock market crashes.

You say goodnight you piece of shit, r205

NBC interrupting programming with Lester Holt

[quote]IRGC warning if there is retaliation for this rocket attack there will be a 2nd wave of attacks that will wipe out US bases in the region.

This has really taken the shine off the premiere of the final season of Schitt's Creek for me.

Rockets launched near US Embassy in Erbil, Iraq.

[quote] R206: Should I read James Baldwin's Notes of a Native Son or start the latest season of The Crown?

How about The Guns of August?

Iranian Air Force has been deployed

Fuck. This is really happening.

Well, so far there aren't any confirmed American casualties (despite twitter rumors). Maybe war can still be avoided? I honestly thought Trump wanted to please the isolationists in his base more than the neocons.

Is it wrong that I'm suddenly hoping the Israelis and the Saudis can somehow find a way to stop this?

Stock market (futures) are already down over 400 points. Stay tuned.

CNN reporting that Trump will address the nation tonight.

Trump. addressing the nation.

Surreal.

launched some cruise missiles? We’re they the ones Obama gave them? Along with all the $$$? Or did they use our $$$ to buy them to use against us? Nothing good about the Iran regime.

But the assassination was to prevent war!

You just know his crooked evil sons and son in law probably shorted the market and will gain big from this "war".

So glad that shitpiles like r220 are showing their desperation.

Even they know Trump is full of shit.

Oh, Donald, you dumb dick .......

You've unleashed a monster who will eat you alive.

Love you, Della. It’s nice to see you at this scary time.

I’m guessing that Saudi Arabia has already agreed to open their oil spigot. I wonder if we agreed to wipeout Iranian oil fields in exchange?

I ran.

[quote]Iran is warning that if there is retaliation for the two waves of attacks they launched their 3rd wave will destroy Dubai and Haifa.

HOLY SHIT !!!

[quote]IRGC saying Ayatollah Khamenei is in control centre coordinating attacks

They need to be stopped. Trump will go nuclear and rid the world of the “Supreme Leader”.

DJIA futures currently down 358 points so no free fall (yet.) link below

Smooches, r224

No one is going to mention US casualties until they absolutely have to.

HAIFA???????????? Oy.

[quote]Confirmed: The WH is planning for a possible address from President Trump tonight. Plans could change but I’m told aides are working on it.

Address may or may not happen. He's an attention whore, so of course it'll happen.

Presidemnt Trump is a Commander in Chief who is doing the Lord's work tonight!

Donald will address the Nation as soon as we pull him out from under the bed and change his diaper.

[quote]I’m guessing that Saudi Arabia has already agreed to open their oil spigot. I wonder if we agreed to wipeout Iranian oil fields in exchange?

The Revolutionary Guard has already said they won't show any distinction between US and its allies.

R228, they threaten that every other week.

They say Iranian jet fighters in Iraqi airspace

[quote][R228], they threaten that every other week.

They don't act directly every other week, however.

Has anyone gone on Twitter to ask Susan Sarandon how she's feeling right now?

I’m sure In Cheetoh’s address to the nation he will denounce his sworn enemy: Nancy Pelosi.

I used to want to hear the other Presidents on momentous occasions. Tonight, I want to hear Trump to find if he’s high or not.

r240 "Hillary would have nuked it by now." - Sarandon, probably

Tweet from NBC news Tehran bureau chief:

[quote]IRGC warning if there is retaliation for this rocket attack there will be a 2nd wave of attacks that will wipe out US bases in the region.

I just realized that I don’t even know who is running our government.

🇺🇸 Stay Strong, America !

Putin r245

How is Trump working out for you, Colby Keller?

R244 And Trump has said multiple times in the past couple of days that if Iran attacks US forces we will attack them, so...here we are.

Hope you all took a good, long look at Persepolis because it ain't gonna be around for much longer, if Trump has his way.

r249 Yup, he'll look weak if he walks that back now.

This is awful but not surprising.

In fact I can't believe it's taken this long.

Some really smart posts and would somebody please just take a dump on the "FAKE NEWS" asshole.

This could very well be a diversion (remember Colin Powell and his treason at the U.N.) but the danger to our troops is very real.

I hate this president but I love my country. He has to go.

Usually with something like this you look to the experts for knowledge AND comfort. Nothing I am hearing on the news is comforting.

Fuck Susan Sarandon, Bernie Sanders, and everyone who voted for him and Trump. Fuck every last one of them!

What did Reagan do when those many marines were killed at their base in Lebanon? Nothing, right? Besides withdraw, I mean.

Tee-Hee

r252 Dear Lord, could you be any more obnoxious? No one likes a "told ya so" in these moments. Someone please take a dump in this guy's mouth already.

I'll be watching Schitt's Creek instead of a Trump address thank you.

If nothing else, this needs to get people into the street demanding a full re-write of the War Powers Act. Congress needs its balls back on this.

No new updates; everyone is waiting for Trump's teleprompter to charge up at this point...

Oil? Did someone ask about oil?

I just happen to have some.

Probably no address

Well nobody’s talking about impeachment tonight, are they?

Of course Drump will retaliate. But will he go ahead attacking the 52 potential targets in Iran mentioned? are they even prepared ? they obviously got out maneuvered by Iran. i'm sensing this is the end of Drump.

This was all as intended, right? The goal was to destroy Iran before it gets an atomic bomb.

R263, yes, we are. Those of us who aren’t talking about shooting Trump want him impeached.

I need something with icing on it ...

Thank God, r262.

I’m going to be pissed if the nuclear war starts tonight. I paid my property taxes today!

One or the other sounds good to me, R265. I have never hated a motherfucker more. Plenty in this country hate him, but not nearly enough.

josh Dawsey @jdawsey1 · 5m Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham says a minute ago that POTUS will NOT address nation tonight.

R262 That’s a relief.

but:

[quote]NewsAlert: WASHINGTON (@AP) FAA issues emergency restriction for Persian Gulf airspace, citing 'potential for miscalculation or mis-identification'

[quote]Iran is saying that if there is no retaliation from America for these latest attacks then they will stop attacking. But if America attacks then their response will be crushing and wide spread

Who would back this US government apart from Israel? I can't imagine any Western government doing so. This "war" is purely an American one.

When is this old fuck gonna stroke out. Even he must feel the stress

R265 No one on cable news is talking about it.

everyone would be asleep or dead before Trump could get his hair and makeup pulled together And his diapers changed. for an address.

I might have to break out the bottle of Yukon Jack tonight.

I hate this pussy-mouth motherfucker

Iranian state media saying non of their ballistic missiles were intercepted. They all hit their targets.

r272 No address because he chickened out and wants no further escalation. Good for the world, bad for him.

Please god let R280 be true.

Iran is warning that if there is retaliation for the two waves of attacks they launched then 3rd wave will destroy Dubai and Haifa.

Now is the time for Republicans to jettison Anusmouth. NOW. Stop covering for him, stop making excuses, stop pretending he knows whatthefuck he's doing.

Just STOP and let someone, anyone, with maturity and experience drive the fucking bus!

They were ballistic missiles rather than accurate cruise missiles. They were meant as a token gesture rather than an act of war. This will fizzle out.

I hope the senators think about tonight during Trump's impeachment trial. Tonight has the world on edge wondering what our delusional president is going to do.

It's kind of bizarre that the thing that made me feel better was a tweet from Chuck Tingle, of all people.

[quote]on path towards future of love on this timeline there are scary moments. us buckaroos will trot together and lock arms and say LOVE IS REAL and will hope and act and resist hate in our way. right now thinking on love for civilians who do not want war to rain on them

[quote]DJT: So what? Isn’t Melissa Etheridge one?

[quote]Pompeo: Not lesbian, sir. Lebanese!

r284 Definitely. And they knew they were being tracked and the bases would be evacuated before they were struck. They went for the safest targets so they can save face at home.

[quote]Iraqi Shia militias under Iran’s patronage are saying that they ha e launched their operations against US presence in Iraq.

This isn't going to fizzle out and disappear quietly.

R195 - TRUTH!

Every Trump voter and enabler must die.

Isn't tonight supposed to be the Jeopoardy Champion of Champions game? Fuck you Donnie.

Lord help us.

Ok, so that is that.

Please Iran don't fall for the bait into the war.

'Is the attack genuine, or is it another montage like the supposed chemical weapons with which Al Assad attacked civilians, Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and Afghanistan's Taliban involvement with 9/1'

Oh for fuck's sake, it's the false flag lunatic. F and F and block this crazy fucker.

I want Trump dead...can I be arrested?

R294 They will. My people are very proud. If you have ever seen two Iranian men fighting over who pays the check at a restaurant you will know what I mean. They like to save face.

If Iran attack Dubai their country will be dust within a few months, as the combined might of the UAE, Saudi and all their allies fire every missile they can get their hands on into Iran.

There is a huge American base in Dubai.

[quote] I get it is used a lot of for "fun" celebrity stories, but really that's your go to for a serious news article?!

The Daily Mail is probably the most up to date aggregator in the world. They are sloppy but when there's breaking news there is nowhere that's faster. Like it or not, the Daily Mail is a major news outlet and it's not going anywhere.

Wasn't Jared supposed to be fixing this?

I wonder if Jared is on the phone with Bibi or MBS, right now?

[quote]It looks like Trump may not be giving a televised address after all. The White House press secretary has told reporters that the president won’t be addressing the nation tonight. [bold]He may deliver statements or updates via tweet.[/bold]

Yeah and what the fuck is he going to tweet about? That he was just joking about his threats the other day?

They really are just doing this all on the fly. There’s no one even at the White House.

I can’t believe this is reality.

Are we at the point where Joe Pesci says “it is what it is” to Pence yet?

[quote]Dow futures plunge 400 points. Whoopee!

Given the run up in the markwt in 2019, 400 points isn't much.

Anyone cheering this on, you need to ask yourself if you would feel the same if this was Obama. And be honest.

[quote] R301: Wasn't Jared supposed to be fixing this?

Yes, he did. This was the “fix”.

[quote]They really are just doing this all on the fly. There’s no one even at the White House.

Jim Acosta just said they spent about an hour in a meeting and everyone left for the night. Probably off to some titty bar!

[quote]Anyone cheering this on, you need to ask yourself if you would feel the same if this was Obama. And be honest.

The same Obama who had a realistic peace agreement that was working?

Twitter is saying that at least 30 Americans have been killed.

He can't go on TV until he stops shitting himself.

And we're out of Imodeum.

r308 Yes, that shit is crazy. Two military bases were just attacked by friggin' IRAN and they're off to bed!

WW3 Updates @ww3updates · 6m OFFICIAL Pentagon: Only Iraqi casualties have been sustained. All US servicemen are safe.

THANK YOU GOD!!!!

So only Iraqis have been killed. Nothing fishy about that at all.

R306 well Obama would not have launched a drone killing, not on the general, so your "if" question is completely invalid and makes no sense.

Iranian State TV is claiming those casualties. No one has confirmed it.

I don't think they've even confirmed the second wave of missiles.

The stupidest thing Iran every did was sign the Obama treaty and stop developing nuclear weapons. Did they learn nothing from the Iraq war? The only thing that keeps the Evil Empire of America from invading your country is the bomb.

Bibs tries throwing Trump under the bus -

[quote] Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly told his security cabinet that Israel had nothing to do with Soleimani’s killing and that it was an American action taken alone, @richardengel reports.

Lots of wealthy Brits are holidaying in Dubai for the balmy 70s temperatures and they are all now TERRIFIED and sitting on their hotel balconies watching the sky for missiles as they frantically try to book themselves on any available flights out of there tomorrow. My cousin is there and couldn't get a flight to anywhere but the Maldives so they've maxed out their Visa card and booked into a resort there.

Trump will say that no Americans were killed and so he doesn't technically need to resort to retaliatory action. He'll let this slide and his and Ayatollah's faces will both be saved back in their respective homes.

R309,

A. No one is cheering this on. I sensed anticipation that the worst was yet to come, not joy.

B. This would never be Obama. The bin Ladin operation might have been this fucked-up or worse, but it wasn’t, because it couldn’t be, because Obama’s not a mentally ill idiot.

R306 Take you "whataboutism" and shove it up you stretched out warmongering arse.

Cheetolini probably ran out to the golf course as soon as the bombing stopped

[quote]This is key right now: If America does not respond to these attacks then this may be over for now. If America attacks then this will escalate.

Gurls, everyone form a prayer circle now and pray real hard that Trump chickens out.

So they literally called this attack : Operation Martyr Soleimani. Only just a day ago people on Twitter - who are obviously as tediously stupid as our dear President - were expressing outrage that Iran could be labeled a culture of martyrdom because that's racist to do so. FUCKING DELUSIONAL IDIOTS.

I assume the President has been sedated for the night.

[quote]well Obama would not have launched a drone killing, not on the general, so your "if" question is completely invalid and makes no sense.

That's my point, r314. The only people cheering this on are Trump supporters.

Can they do that for the rest of us?

Trump's not going anywhere for a while.

A large McDonald's delivery van with armed Secret Service Agents just pulled in front of the back entrance to the White House.

Maybe they left for the night because they’re afraid the WH is going to be bombed, and the rats are deserting the sinking ship.

I can see the supposedly devoted cabinet saying to Trump, “I guess that’s it for the night, see you tomorrow,” and then they run the hell out of there because they know there’s a bullseye drawn on Trump’s four-poster.

Why the hell would you knock off for the night NOW?

They need to drag Trump into a large meeting and give him a big boy briefing until he starts screaming for the words to stop. Then they need to start asking for instructions, until he shows himself completely unfit to lead, and is himself led out of the room for two scoops while all the locks are changed.

Trump doesn't have the balls to face the nation.

After ten years, I don't know how Richard Engel has any hair left.

He's in Erbil, he says that there wasn't much damage that they could see.

Clearly R331. Will this turn any necessary heads ?

Wag the Dog

Well they said "Death to America" and now they're delivering on it. Quite competently, from the looks of it.

Closes the whole circle on the illegal Iraq invasion as well.

He's fucked this up even more than the Atlantic City Taj Mahal. Bet he doesn't even try to console the widows and mothers.

Elections have consequences. Here come some big giant motherfucking ones.

[quote][R306] Take you "whataboutism" and shove it up you stretched out warmongering arse.

There is no whataboutism. The only people cheering this on are Trump supporters -- who really need to start asking themselves how they would feel if Obama did the same shit as Trump. My guess is they wouldn't be cheering.

Eat the Hot Dog

Richard Engel is a national treasure

He’s on Rachel now

So this was just a bit of theater that let’s Iran say they fired missiles in revenge but since no Americans were killed , Trump is going to let them keep their 52 targets. And I thought Game of Thrones had a lame ending.

I guess this is what Saudi’s Arabia wanted, so that is how it is going to be. That is the only explanation why everyone would be heading home for the night. The show is over.

My guess is, Americans were actually killed and Trump is trying to cover it up.

Trump is a freaking liar.

Are Jared, Donnie Jr. and Eric too old to be drafted?

R341 has it exactly.

There are Brits and Aussies at that Iraqi base as well. What a fucking mess Trump has gotten them into.

It's such a profile in courage that he's basically hiding from the press.

This is chilling!

And he was brand sir Donald.

[quote]They attacked us, & we hit back. If they attack again, which I would strongly advise them not to do, we will hit them harder than they have ever been hit before!

Tweet from Sunday. Bitch is now hiding from the press and Twitter because there's no way in hell you can walk back those threats and not appear weak.

[quote]....targeted 52 Iranian sites (representing the 52 American hostages taken by Iran many years ago), some at a very high level & important to Iran & the Iranian culture, and those targets, and Iran itself, WILL BE HIT VERY FAST AND VERY HARD. The USA wants no more threats!

Where's that speed you promised now, bitch? He's all bravado all the time.

People are currently streaming out of Tehran and long lines at the gas pumps so they expect something more.

'Bitch is now hiding from the press and Twitter because there's no way in hell you can walk back those threats and not appear weak.'

As per DEFCON, Trumpanzee hasn't made a statement because he's manoeuvring the subs so they are into neutral waters, then he'll take aim at an Irani base. If he intended to back down, he would have made a statement to that effect.

I emailed my Senators and Trump. I will call tomorrow but we should be marching on Washington, breaking down the door to the White House and killing Trump, Pence, Pompeo and Mitch mcConnell. I believe there are enough of us that we could do it...I am willing to give my life.

R340, that’s an ending I can live with. Posturing, then pretty much nothing.

All this 52 shit.

I emailed my Senators and Trump. I will call tomorrow but we should be marching on Washington, breaking down the door to the White House and killing Trump, Pence, Pompeo and Mitch mcConnell. I believe there are enough of us that we could do it...I am willing to give my life.

No worries. The deplorables will just say it proves what a brilliant statesman he is.

Don't be a spaz, R352

Can the Iranians prank call his cell tonight as the ghost of Soleimani, so this fat pig will finally stroke the fuck out and we can all just go back to the normal simmering hatred of one another.

Don't talk stupid R355. It's all a show. As long as my gasoline stays priced at $2.60 I don't give a shit about the Arabs, Persians and Hebrews and their squabbles.

'This is my personal opinion and does not represent the DEFCON Warning System: The longer the US is quiet about the Iranian attack, the more likely the US is preparing a response.

I may be wrong. This is just a personal opinion.'

Take note! DEFCON tweeted this. They know what is going on.

Booooooooo! You are ritually unclean like spoiled ham! I haunt you like bad hamberder! Booooooooo!

The DEFCON tweet was terrifying

An Iranian official just tweeted they had a right to retaliate per UN law and they’re not going to escalate any further, per CNN.

Richard Engel mentioned the same thing.

The Iranians are very restrained.

This is wag the dog.

The fact that that pig couldn't do his job and address the nation makes me smell a rat.

Again, he has to go.

Trump finally tweets:

[quote]All is well! Missiles launched from Iran at two military bases located in Iraq. Assessment of casualties & damages taking place now. So far, so good! We have the most powerful and well equipped military anywhere in the world, by far! I will be making a statement tomorrow morning.

What would happen if Trump popped the Ayatollah? That option should be explored.

"Warmest condolences!"

The hubris, the childishness, the all is well and good of it all. Where's the toilet, I need to heave. This is just some fucking game to him.

All is not well if you are “assessing casualties and damage”!

Forget the Ayatollah, pop trump.

"Nothing to see here! All is well!" -- Anusmouth 45

R372,you're advocating the killing of the President of the United States?

The exclamation points are just so inappropriate.

Fuck. He tweeted? He’s still alive? Die already you rancid orange mousse.

Liar Liar

Diaper on Fire

This feels like a big moment that we may talk about for years to come, so I just want to say...

One of the ballistic missiles landed in an insatiable bottom.

R368. It was explored and decided that it was a really stupid idea. Inexplicably, the country of millions and millions would not collapse in upon itself if that one man was “popped”, it is believed. They are thought to have possess backup Ayatollahs.

I just tried to pray for help for our country but Jesus told me he "ain't touching that shit"

ASHESHING CASHUALTIESH

Jake Tapper's Twitter says they appear to have aimed more for the non-US portions of the base. Iraqi casualties. no American.

It's pretty fuck up that we're relieved that it was only Iraqis died as proxies for shit we did.

R374, the President is the enemy of The People and all patriots should be praying the he be treated as such.

Clearly this charade is going nowhere and just empty saber rattling. Trump did the same thing a couple years ago when he sent missiles into Syria that hit no actual military or civilian targets. My local news never even reported this "war" or retaliatory response. Nothing left to see here.

Dear Satan,

Take back your asshole. We've had sufficient.

[quote]It's pretty fuck up that we're relieved that it was only Iraqis died as proxies for shit we did.

Yes, that's why his "all is well" is so gross.

🚀Please Jesus, Take The Wheel

Don't test the resolve of the US federal government to stop war and get back to business

Don't test the resolve of the US federal government to stop war and get back to business

Buy Gold. It's gone up $60 in one week...

What exactly does he expect to get out of a fake “war” that’s over in a week?

Okay, it's over folks. No more to see here. Senior ministers talked him down and told him that showing restraint would make him more electable. It took some time but they did it.

[Quote]Jake Tapper's Twitter says they appear to have aimed more for the non-US portions of the base. Iraqi casualties. no American

The Iranian government seems to smarter than our own, at least they seem to be trying to avoid moves that will lead to direct war.

Fuck Trump. He needs to lead his troops to battle. Go MF, go now.

Dear R385,

This isn't my clownshow. Talk to St. Pence, Mother, Pompous Ass and asst. others....I only supplied the strings.

Is Trump really screaming on the roof of the White House?

Gee, R391, I wonder why he would rattle the sabres, play assassination tough guy and fucking put our soldiers at risk? How many Iraqis died for this little distraction? Gee, I wonder why.....

Does Dump even realize his kids and his properties are now targets for the next 50 years or so? The Secret Service can't hold back 50 thousand people.

[quote]Is Trump really screaming on the roof of the White House?

Is Bai Ling up there with him?

Trump is just such a fucking failure. He can't comfort the nation during natural disasters or mass shootings. He can't negotiate anything. His disillusionment that he knows better than anyone about anything is pathetic. He is a total failure as a human being.

I am not reassured.

And there's never a plan beyond "make me look good on TV." It never adds up to anything with him. It's just one impulsive, needy move after another.

If there's an elevator that would take him to the roof...maybe. But that fat tub of shit would never walk a flight of stairs to get up there, so I'd have to know the layout of the place before guessing, R396

A president shouldn't be in charge of "comforting" a nation of 320 million. Bro. we're all adults. All presidents that did"comfort" us now have cut deals with media and/ or establishments for speaking roles.

Again with my boo Richard Engel in the danger zone. Give him a desk job already. God knows he's earned it!!!

You're an idiot R404.

Fuck you, R404, it IS his job to explain this bullshit that cost people their lives. HE WORKS FOR US. Men and women have been deployed, 3,500, and National Guard troops in my state.

Fuck you right to hell.

R407, he can’t explain what he doesn’t understand. I really believe he doesn’t understand.

We have heard nothing from the battlefield...do we really think the Iranians hit nothing? Give me a break.

Wow. Mega Deplorable troll outing herself at R404/R409. Why don’t you go lick your Orange Emperor’s anus, trollina.

[Quote]Does Dump even realize his kids and his properties are now targets for the next 50 years or so?

I've heard that and it cheers me up knowing that daddy's moron-moves will impact them for decades to come. I bet even Salman Rushdie is all "oh man you fucked up." I think they'll even lay the 56 stampede deaths on Trump.

*evil chuckle*

[Quote]Does Dump even realize his kids and his properties are now targets for the next 50 years or so?

I've heard that and it cheers me up knowing that daddy's moron-moves will impact them for decades to come. I bet even Salman Rushdie is all "oh man you fucked up." I think they'll even lay the 56 stampede deaths on Trump.

*evil chuckle*

R411, she claims to be a vegan but also suggests the US consider dropping a nuclear bomb on Iran. Obviously a basket case.

Some of you act disappointed that this situation didn't escalate into a war. How about take a sigh of relief and go to bed.

Reports of a Boeing 737 crashing in Tehran. Story developing.

And I thought this was supposed to be Infrastructure Week!

Ukranian jet, 180 aboard

Jesus Fucking Christ.

Ukraine can’t catch a break, can it?

Washington Post Live Updates

Al Jazeera's take on things

Shit is getting real now!

If you followed the conversation R423 it was said it was too dark for 8am.

WHAT THE FUCK

Washington Post: Trump overstates military spending and readiness as potential for Iran conflict looms

What are you talking about, R424? The flight took off at 6:21am Iran time.

Look at Tim Ballisty's comment R427.

It seems obvious we shot that airplane down thinking it was a missile.

r415 But war's the only way we can get our mushroom micro peen to twitch.

R423 Die in a real shit fire.

Nothing to see here, folks!

All is well!

r429, that concept is more horrifying to me than from Iran shot it down.

To the posters who looove the tough talk that we need to “turn Iran to glass,” you sound absolutely ridiculous. You sound like hillbillies. Dull hillbillies who are thick as bricks. It’s embarrassing — for you. 😬

You know what? If it’s so goddamn crucial to our national security to do this dance with Iran, let’s see ONE Trump family member enlist, I mean it. *** Put their money where their mouths are.***

The Dems need to put all his old tweets about Obama starting a war with Iran on FULL blast. This is no time to speak softly, they need to call him, Pompeo, Pence out for being warmongers and prove through logic that this is unAmerican. Dems need to remind public these people talk about how **we** hate America when they don’t even want to uphold their own Constitution.

Dems must remind citizens, this is OUR country, so TAKE IT BACK. I didn’t sign up for this fucking dumpster fire, I will not co-sign his bullshit. Dems must be in 100% attack mode. As Jeremy Bash recalled a general saying years ago, “let’s not waste a good crisis.” Leverage this. POUND them with their hypocrisy.

And in between each sentence, the mantra is, “Trump is scared, Trump is scared because he got impeached. Trump is shitting his diaper because he is IMPEACHED.”. Let them run a trial without the Articles — that only means higher Dem turnout this fall. It will hurt them in the long run, and I suspect it’s a bluff anyway.

R433 Kiss my Murican ass.

lolol ^^^^^

[quote] It seems obvious we shot that airplane down thinking it was a missile.

Don’t be silly.

I guess we will know what the next move is when Fox & Friends broadcast in the morning.

I can’t wait for these assholes to try and justify how we reached this point tonight. Excuse me? We did what? Why again, not sure i’m following you?

Fuck ME. Fuck YOU.

The sky was soooooooooo blue.

Oh, hey, don't mind us. We guess we'll be fine. Again.

Bets on how long Pompeo keeps his job?

[italic] Oh, What a tangled web we weave . . . . . . . .

Isn't that right, Donald ?

They said "technical problems". You know, those planes have been falling out of the sky...same model. Boeing's stock gonna tank big time tomorrow.

Has anyone seen my BFF Rudy?

Is the US government still claiming no injuries/ casualties?

Is the US government still claiming no injuries/ casualties?

[quote]You know, those planes have been falling out of the sky...same model.

The one tonight was a 737-800. It's a completely different plane.

So is this the beginning of WW3 or what?

But I thought Rose McGowan asked the Iranians not to attack? They didn’t listen to her?

Just another day in the MidBeast.

No. Just go to bed. It's easy to get carried away with panic at night.

No. Just go to bed. It's easy to get carried away with panic at night.

This is all about trump just "being best." Only the best bullies pick on little countries with aging militarizes with whom he trashed a successful treaty.

Be the best stupid treasonous cheating idiot you can be, trump, you are the best rigged fake president in American history. Eat shit and die, scum trump.

So who bets Trump will not take the next logical step and call peace since no one died? I bet he will still go for fucking it up and retaliation.

Sweet dreams.

The fact that no one died is only going to embolden Trump. I doubt he is going to stop in spite of all the talking head say. If he stops now, all is good, then guess what, it's back to Impeachment on the news.

While everyone is being relieved that they didn't have any casualties, take some time to be scared that Iran's missiles are precise enough to lower-populated areas within a complex hundreds of miles away.

The only Middle Eastern target that Iran is interested in hitting is Israel. And their missiles will be intercepted by Israel’s Iron Dome system. And Israel has nukes to respond with.

Why does that shock you, R453? Trump bullies the handicapped, women and teen girls everyday...for fun, during his 'working' hours.

I can only hazard to guess it's the only way he can get erect without pharmaceutical help, anymore.

Iran has missiles with a range of 1500 miles. They could hit the huge UK military base in Cyprus.

Senior Trump advisor Sean Hannity last night called for the U.S. to strike Iranian oil facilities and nuclear sites.

Is Trump still hiding in the batcave?

[quote]Bets on how long Pompeo keeps his job?

He's lasted longer than I expected. He's a Koch creation and I assumed he would be doing their dirty work, which often runs counter to what Trump wants done, but I think he's flipped to full Trump enabler and thus has lasted for some time. Like all of Trump's support staff, though, he'll be out on his ear soon enough.

Don't drag a fictional heroic figure into this. Seriously, this is out of bounds.

John Kerry is going on, very excitedly, on Lawrence O’Donnell, just now, and rightly so.

Iran may well get the bomb during Trump’s Administration, and it may well be thought of as a Trump “win”, since Trump will lie about it. When Iran does get the bomb, it will be because of Trump.

It's a damn shame Kerry was swift-boated out of a chance of being president.

AP:

US officials: 'Highly likely' Iran downed Ukrainian jetliner

R467 That whole sitch is pretty cray cray. Why would you be allowing gets to fly when you're in the middle of a shooting war against Iraq.

Helpful map #1:

Helpful map #2:

David Pakman:

Trump Unintelligible in Rambling Press Conference

Washington Post:

Missile strike on U.S. bases ‘did not intend to kill,’ says Iranian commander

VIdeo in link of missile hitting airplane

I wonder if we in the US did it. Trump had no idea that there would be zero casualties. Being a spiteful person that he is, I would not put it past him to have some of black ops guys do that with a Russian missile to throw everyone off the track. I don't think he would give a shit about Canadians either.

My first thought was that Erik Prince was trying to be releavant again and get the money flowing his way.

(R74), no one cares about Canadians. They are irrelevant on the world stage.

But Justin Trudeau could be entirely relevant, sitting on my face.

R477 sitting on your blackface you mean.

Can we stop picking on Canada, please?

They don't deserve your bile. Aim your vitrol at turtle and Putin's puppets.

r474 I suspect that, too, they will do whatever it takes, even if they kill people.