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To: longnshort who wrote (1190282)	1/3/2020 8:47:20 PM
From: sylvester80	Respond to of 1575584

The ones that HATE America are supporting LYING CRAZY DERANGED TRAITOR tRump...

To: longnshort who wrote (1190282)	1/3/2020 8:48:15 PM
From: FJB	2 Recommendations Recommended By locogringo Winfastorlose Respond to of 1575584

President Clinton Orders Drone Strike on Terror Mastermind, World Rejoices By Stephen Green pjmedia.com By Michael Crowley, Falih Hassan and Eric Schmitt, Special to the New York Times Published Jan. 2, 2020 Updated Jan. 3, 2020, 11:41 a.m. ET WASHINGTON -- Iran’s top security and intelligence commander was killed early Friday in a drone strike at Baghdad International Airport that was authorized by President Hillary Clinton, American officials said. "This strike was not an escalation; it was the culmination of years of dangerous intelligence work and swift action by our military," Clinton White House Press Secretary Jennifer Palmieri told smiling reporters gathered at the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room this morning. Palmieri also noted that this was Clinton's first drone strike outside the United States since successfully securing the nation's northern border against "shirkers and saboteurs attempting to escape to Canada." The commander, Maj. Gen. Qasem Suleimani, who led the powerful Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, was killed, along with several officials from Iraqi militias backed by Tehran, when an American MQ-9 Reaper drone fired missiles into a convoy that was leaving the airport. Reaction in the United States and around the world was both swift and almost universal in its praise for President Clinton. Former Republican and chief Clinton political advisor Bill Kristol tweeted, "Can you imagine a President Trump acting with such resolve? He's too erratic to get the job done the way Hillary did. #MakeAmericaGirlyAgain!" Currently on break from filming "Bio-Dome II: The Revenge," actress and frequent White House overnight guest Rose McGowan cut short her Caribbean vacation, returning to the United States by private jet to show her support. "Every LGBTQRSTUVMSNDNC person will sleep safer tonight, knowing that Suleimani is in his OWN HELL where he BELONGS." Former Vice President Joe Biden, roaming aimlessly outside the State Department's Harry S. Truman Building headquarters, said to anyone who would listen, "Hey man, this is a big fucking deal, killing Obama sin Qassliman or whatever. It's no malarkey that I was pushing Barack to do this back when I was in charge of Iraq policy under Barack Obama, Barack. Git 'er done, that's what I say to the President, my friend the President Obama. Barack." Clinton's secretary for the newly-established Department of All the Free Stuff, Bernie Sanders, seemed jubilant when reporters visiting his 12-bedroom Vermont dacha told him of this morning's events in Baghdad. "That was the People's drone strike, my friends! Suleimani was a reactionary enemy of the proletariat, and we will smash them and their kulak friends wherever we find them, be it in Iraq or Iran, Texas or North Dakota!" Incoming FBI Counterintelligence Division assistant director Lisa Page released a brief statement this morning, detailing her division's work in making the drone strike possible. She also tweeted, "Iran is smart and strategic and all over the world. Iran isn’t an irrational actor, but pride goeth before a fall, and today Iran has learned something about the FBI's counterintelligence abilities, just like Donald Trump did when I personally arrested him on January 20, 2017." Former President Barack Obama struck a more cautious note. Speaking with reporters at his winter home in Iranian-held Karachi, Pakistan, Obama said, "Maj. Gen. Qasem Suleimani, my negotiating partner in Iran, was not always as much of a friend of peace as I had hoped. But with him gone, perhaps our two nuclear-armed nations will find the wisdom to bring peace to Iran's new provinces in the area once known as Syria and Iraq." Chinese President Xi Jinping, secure in power following a successful negotiation to have Clinton grant his nation Very Top Most Favored Nation trading status, is expected to be given Really Very Top Most Favored Nation status in exchange for his acquiescence to the airstrike. Oil prices, which have been at record highs following Clinton's nationwide fracking ban, declined slightly on today's news. Experts agreed that with Suleimani out of the way, the Islamic Republic of Iran can go back to its historically peaceful pursuit of free expression and expanded oil drilling, further easing upward pressure on crude oil prices. Clinton has yet to make any official statement herself, following a celebratory second box of chardonnay. pjmedia.com

To: longnshort who wrote (1190282)	1/3/2020 9:06:06 PM
From: pocotrader	2 Recommendations Recommended By Ms. Baby Boomer sylvester80 Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575584

I had never heard of the guy before he got bumped off, he was a POS and deserved to be killed, it would have been better to do it quietly and not brag about it like your hero likes to do all the time.

To: longnshort who wrote (1190282)	1/3/2020 9:15:33 PM
From: FJB	2 Recommendations Recommended By locogringo Winfastorlose Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575584

2015: “Obama likes Soleimani, and admires his work,” says Arab Muslim countries should be “more like Iran” jihadwatch.org Robert Spencer Jan 3, 2020 12:00 pm By 1 Comment As always, on the side of America’s enemies. Soleimani was responsible for the deaths of numerous Americans. That makes him a “revered” figure to the Leftist establishment. “Obama Strikes a Deal–With Qassem Suleimani,” by Lee Smith, Hudson Institute, July 14, 2015: According to the terms of the Iran deal announced in Vienna on Tuesday, U.N. Security Council sanctions regarding nuclear-related issues will be lifted on a number of entities and individuals—from Iranian banks to Lebanese assassins, like Anis Nacacche. The name that most sticks out is IRGC-Quds Force commander Qassem Suleimani. Administration officials counsel calm, and explain that Suleimani is still on the U.S. terror list and will remain on the terror list. But that’s irrelevant. The reality is that Suleimani is the key to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. The White House’s so-called nuclear talks with Iran over the last 18 months were never about Iran’s nuclear weapons program. Like everyone else in the Middle East, the Iranians understood that when Obama failed to strike Syrian president Bashar al-Assad in September 2013 for crossing his redline against the use of chemical weapons, there was no way the president would ever order military action against Iranian nuclear facilities. When Obama took that option off the table, he signaled to Iran that he wasn’t going to stop them because he thought there was no way to do so. When he leaked information about the Stuxnet worm, he suggested that he could help with Israel, too. The negotiations were about something else entirely—they were about what Obama has described as a new geopolitical equilibrium, which would stabilize the Middle East and allow the administration to further minimize its role in the region. The way Obama described it publicly, this new security architecture was going to balance Iran against traditional American allies, like Saudi Arabia. However, it soon became apparent that the White House wasn’t really balancing at all, but had rather chosen one team over the others, Iran. Obama made his preference for Iran and its allies clear—in Lebanon, Syria, and most obviously in Iraq where the White House ordered air strikes on ISIS positions that allowed various Iranian-backed outfits, under the leadership of Qassem Suleimani, to take Tikrit. Obama likes Suleimani, and admires his work. As the president reportedly told a group of Arab officials in May, the Arabs “need to learn from Iran’s example.” In fact, they need to take a page out of the playbook of the Qods Force — by which [Obama] meant developing their own local proxies capable of going toe-to-toe with Iran’s agents and defeating them. The president seemed to marvel at the fact that from Hezbollah to the Houthis to the Iraqi militias, Iran has such a deep bench of effective proxies willing to advance its interests. Where, he asked, are their equivalent on the Sunni side? Why, he wanted to know in particular, have the Saudis and their partners not been able to cultivate enough Yemenis to carry the burden of the fight against the Houthis? The Arabs, Obama suggested, badly need to develop a toolbox that goes beyond the brute force of direct intervention. Instead, they need to, be subtler, sneakier, more effective — well, just more like Iran…. Share

To: longnshort who wrote (1190282)	1/3/2020 10:43:20 PM
From: FJB	1 Recommendation Recommended By Winfastorlose Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575584

TRUMP EATS ICE CREAM WHILE KILLING TERRORISTS. THAT'S MY KIND OF PRESIDENT! 'We love Trump even MORE now! CNN writes entire piece about Trump eating ice cream during airstrike and OMG-LOL' WTH? We love Trump even MORE now! CNN writes entire piece about Trump eating ice cream during airstrike and OMG-LOL https://t.co/XYJTMbo4bm — Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) January 3, 2020

To: longnshort who wrote (1190282)	1/3/2020 10:45:21 PM
From: FJB	1 Recommendation Recommended By Winfastorlose Respond to of 1575584

Just to get this straight, according to Democrats, giving the Iranian terror regime access to hundreds of billions of dollars with no restrictions on terror use or ballistic missile testing was good, and killing the terrorist responsible for hundreds of American deaths is bad. Democrats have a tenuous grasp of reality, at best. — Democracy Dies In Dankness (@ImagoDank) January 3, 2020 I’ll bet Democrats and the media are privately breathing a sigh of relief. Trump just gave them something new to focus on, so they don’t have to talk about weak impeachment articles for a while. — Sahk Pupette (@alyssasaridvaj) January 3, 2020