The U.S. won’t issue Iran’s foreign minister a visa to travel to the United Nations later this week, contending there was not enough time to process the request.That's just bullshit. It's nothing but petty-ass bullshit because Trump is likely peeved that he can't order the Pentagon to commit war crimes.
It's becoming evident that Trump's rationale for killing Gen. Soleimani was made of whole cloth. If he had evidence to back up his claims, he would have released it by now.
As to why Soleimani was in Baghdad:
As part of the incendiary and escalating crisis surrounding the assassination of Qassem Soleimani, there has come an explanation of why the Iranian commander was actually in Baghdad when he was targeted by a US missile strike.Normally, it would be inconceivable that a hit would have been carried out in such circumstances. But we're talking about Trump, an impulsive and aggressively ignorant man. If he indeed knew why Soleimani was in Baghdad, then one needs to ask why deescalating tensions in the Persian Gulf is something that Trump opposes.
Iraq’s prime minister revealed that he was due to be meeting the Iranian commander to discuss moves being made to ease the confrontation between Shia Iran and Sunni Saudi Arabia – the crux of so much of strife in the Middle East and beyond.
Adil Abdul-Mahdi was quite clear: “I was supposed to meet him in the morning the day he was killed, he came to deliver a message from Iran in response to the message we had delivered from the Saudis to Iran.”
So ya gonna defend iran now?
ReplyDeleteWho benefits if Shia and Sunni start getting along?
ReplyDeleteCharlie, you, sir, are an ass for asking that question.
ReplyDeleteNo, I am not going to defend Iran.
But I sure as shit am not going to defend the inept toddler who now sits behind the Resolute Desk.
Charlie, are you going to defend and believe what the current liar in the White House is dishing out? He has lied so much and so often that nothing, NOTHING he says can be trusted. The man simply cannot tell the truth. Are you going to trust whatever Trump or his defense department says as a fact?
ReplyDeleteSimply amazing.
Dale
Mr. Ten Bears, certainly not the oil companies nor the defense manufacturers.
ReplyDeleteAnd what was up with the off-schedule meeting with the Saudis yesterday?
ReplyDelete-Doug in Oakland