2020-01-04 at 9:52 PM UTC
Since the attack that killed Soleimani took place in Iraq, did Trump need congressional approval to order the strike? I've seen a lot of people saying he did need approval, but a couple people have pointed out that congress has already authorized war in Iraq. Do you know any more about that Aldra? Or anyone else?
2020-01-05 at 1:29 AM UTC
aldra
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Oh yeah, a bunch of 107mm rockets got sparked off in the direction of the US embassy while I was gone, no casualties reported.
2020-01-05 at 1:41 AM UTC
Originally posted by aldra
yeah, j'ewish legalese definition-wrangling in short
That was legal advice goyim. Wait until you get my bill.
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2020-01-05 at 1:44 AM UTC
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Originally posted by Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Open declaration of war vs act of war?
It's an act of war to assassinate another country's second highest leader. That would be like Iran assassinating VP Pence.
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2020-01-05 at 1:53 AM UTC
unless they release some solid intel on this, this mightve cost trump my vote. Seems super irresponsible considering the state of th8ngs with Russia, China, and our proxies in the region like the kurds.
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After looking at all the evidence, I think aldra is right and they accidentally killed the General, then decided to play it out as planned and commanded by the President, and Trump took the bait and went with it. Now he's fucked himself.
2020-01-05 at 2:10 AM UTC
I hope Soleimani didn't pay for Uber Black. If so he wasted his money.
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2020-01-05 at 2:15 AM UTC
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It was reported in 2015 that Israel was "on the verge" of assassinating Soleimani on Syrian soil, however the United States, during the Obama administration's negotiations for the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, thwarted the operation by revealing it to the Iranian officials.[12]
On 25 August 2019, Israeli foreign minister Israel Katz stated that "Israel is acting to strike the head of the Iranian snake and uproot its teeth ... Iran is the head of the snake and Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the Revolutionary Guards Quds Force, is the snake's teeth."[13] In October 2019, Hossein Taeb, chief of the Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, told press that his agency had arrested an unspecified number of people, allegedly foiling a plot by Israeli and Arab agencies to assassinate Soleimani. He said they had planned to "buy a property adjacent to the grave of Soleimani’s father and rig it with explosives to kill the commander".[14] He added the way of the assassination would have appeared as part of an internal Iranian power struggle to "trigger a religious war inside Iran."[15] In response, Yossi Cohen, chief of Israeli foreign intelligence agency Mossad, said in October 2019 that "Soleimani knows that his assassination is not impossible."[16]
2020-01-05 at 2:32 AM UTC
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