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The message was sent. A powerful anti-American political figure was removed, helping clear the way for those in Iran who are willing to negotiate.

Looks like Leftists aren't getting the WW3 they wanted (not that that would be possible, since nobody is going to war over Iran, certainly not Putin or China).

Ayatollah can come out of the basement now.

NoCoupForYou says

The message was sent. A powerful anti-American political figure was removed, helping clear the way for those in Iran who are willing to negotiate.

Looks like Leftists aren't getting the WW3 they wanted (not that that would be possible, since nobody is going to war over Iran, certainly not Putin or China).

The whole WW3 fairy tale is one of the bigger whoppers the US MSM has come up with

#ISurvivedWW3

https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/godzilla-poo-monday-january-29-2024

Lindsey Graham had a big weekend. Axios ran the widely-covered story this morning under the headline, “GOP hawks press Biden to target Iran directly over U.S. soldiers' deaths in Jordan.” Everything about the warmongering story is weird, many folks detect a distinct odor of rattus norvegicus, and it is a giant, Godzilla-sized pile of narrative manure, as I will show you right now.

The Pentagon suddenly and unexpectedly announced this weekend that a multiple-drone attack at a secretive American outpost somewhere in Jordan generically labeled “Tower 22” had killed three U.S. soldiers and wounded thirty more. The drone attack occurred not in a vacuum, but in the context of widespread and common drone attacks against U.S. military installations all over the Middle East, especially in Iraq, not to mention what can fairly be described as open war in Yemen. ...

The Sunday sneak attack marked the first time any U.S. troops have been reported killed by enemy fire in the Mideast since the Gaza war started. But the region has seen over 150 drone attacks against U.S. troops since the October 7th war began. Before this weekend, the Pentagon has simply chosen for reasons of operational security not to release any casualty figures, raising the question: why now?

Do not be fooled. The media is suggesting that these casualties are a new development, some kind of escalation, hoping you won’t think about it very hard and will buy their narrative. But, if you read carefully, you’ll see that none of the stories actually claims that as a fact. ...

The bottom line is the media is pushing a binary narrative: either we do nothing and look weak, or … attack Iran! That’s it! Those are the only two options! But that is a logical fallacy, a false dichotomy. There are an infinite number of other options. How about we just close Tower 22 and get the heck out of there? How about that? Except bring our weapons, ammo, vehicles and equipment with us this time.

https://vigilantfox.substack.com/p/tucker-carlson-calls-nancy-pelosi

Tucker Carlson Calls Nancy Pelosi “Evil” on His Show

Sunday, on CNN, Pelosi asserted that certain protests advocating for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas are “connected to Russia.”

“For them to call for a ceasefire is Mr. Putin’s message.”

Carlson responded:

“It’s hard for most people to believe that a person in his or her 80s could be evil, but she is evil, and she’s speaking lies, which you heard is totally dishonest.”

MisdemeanorRebel says

#ISurvivedWW3

#MeToo

Patrick says

https://vigilantfox.substack.com/p/tucker-carlson-calls-nancy-pelosi

Tucker Carlson Calls Nancy Pelosi “Evil” on His Show

Sunday, on CNN, Pelosi asserted that certain protests advocating for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas are “connected to Russia.”

“For them to call for a ceasefire is Mr. Putin’s message.”

Carlson responded:

“It’s hard for most people to believe that a person in his or her 80s could be evil, but she is evil, and she’s speaking lies, which you heard is totally dishonest.”

So, Cucker is now for Ham-Ass-saving ceasfire? Nice to know.

Tenpoundbass says

Trump shuts Iran up once and for all.

Not once and for all, apparently. They are back.

Eric Holder says

So, Cucker is now for Ham-Ass-saving ceasfire? Nice to know.

No, he is objecting to another "Russian Disinfo" narrative.

HeadSet says

Eric Holder says

So, Cucker is now for Ham-Ass-saving ceasfire? Nice to know.

No, he is objecting to another "Russian Disinfo" narrative.

Eh? Ham-Ass is a well-known Soviet asset and they are still welcome in Moscow even after Oct 07 genocidal massacre.

Eric Holder says

Eh? Ham-Ass is a well-known Soviet asset and they are still welcome in Moscow even after Oct 07 genocidal massacre.

May be, but that has nothing to do with Pelosi's BS about people over here pushing for a cease fire are "linked to Russia."

https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/mix-ups-tuesday-january-30-2024-c

🚀 Perhaps recognizing that a narrative predicate to burn the Middle East more fiercely than an over-microwaved hot pocket required just a dab more data than it gave us yesterday, the Pentagon dribbled out a few more details about the 161st drone attack on an American base since October 7th, after having said nothing at all about the 160 previous ones. And the war drums beat on, as Reuters’ paywalled evening story yesterday illustrated, which ran under the simple, straightforward headline, “Biden faces pressure to strike Iran after US troops killed.”

Pressure from whom?

The article interviewed a dozen politicians, both for and against attacking Iran, all apparently assuming Iran attacked our super-secret desert star fort. But the new information released by the Pentagon yesterday did not in fact link the attack to Iran, it only raised more questions and contradictions to its earlier report from the day before.

Yesterday the Pentagon identified the three U.S. Army Reserve soldiers killed in the remote desert outpost in what is being called an accidental drone attack: Sergeant William Rivers, 46, Specialist Kennedy Sanders, 24, and Specialist Breonna Moffett, 23.

Army Reservists typically train one weekend a month and two weeks each year. Why are reservists manning stealthy Middle East basis? ...

Anyway, the point was our soldiers were there in harm’s way. So … what exactly happened that led to the deaths of three soldiers and over 30 others injured? The BBC said the Pentagon explained it was a mixup, a case of mistaken identity:

A defence official (said) that the enemy drone came in "very low and very slow" at the same time that an American drone was returning to the base from a mission. The auto-response features of the base's air defence system were turned off so as not to shoot down the US drone, the official said.
As a result, there was little to no warning for troops stationed at Tower 22, who were reportedly still in their sleeping quarters when the drone arrived.

So … it was like they put the garage door up because Dad was coming home from work, and the burglars got inside before Dad did. That makes sense for garage doors but I’m not sure about anti-aircraft defenses. I need a little help from our military C&Cers. Is this really how it works? Are air defenses all or nothing? Is the base a sitting duck whenever friendly aircraft fly in and out?

But the explanation is really that simple. None of the media questioned it. ...

It was just mistaken identity! You know how it is. All these drones look alike. It could happen to anyone. There’s nothing you can do whenever you have friendly aircraft up. So — and most important — it was nobody’s fault.

Last, the Pentagon finally said how it knows who was responsible. ...

The Islamic Resistance in Iraq said it was responsible for the attack in a statement posted to Telegram on Sunday. It said it targeted three US bases in Syria and Jordan - Shaddadi, Rukban and Tanf - as well as an Israeli oil facility in the Mediterranean.

"Islamic Resistance in Iraq" is believed to be an umbrella term for various Shia militia groups such as Kataib Hezbollah, Nujaba and Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada, that have a long history of targeting US bases in Iraq and Syria.
But the announcement still didn’t tie the attack to the Iranians, as the Wall Street Journal flatly admitted in its article yesterday:

An American defense official said on Monday that the U.S. has yet to find evidence that Iran directed the Sunday attack, which killed three U.S. troops and wounded more than 40 more.

Now, I’m not saying the muddle-headed Mohammedans running Iran didn’t do it. I’m just saying we don’t know. You have to cut me a little slack for being skeptical since, last time, I fell for the whole “weapons of mass destruction in Iraq” thing hook, line, and sinker. At that time, I and a lot of other folks didn’t ask any critical questions or need to see any evidence. We just believed them. And look where it got us.

So maybe we should have a little evidence before we go starting a war with a country that has a million-man army. I’m just saying.

https://genesiustimes.com/breaking-iranian-army-marches-across-southern-u-s-border-claiming-asylum/

https://genesiustimes.com/breaking-john-bolton-hospitalized-with-a-prolonged-erection-caused-by-news-of-war-with-iran/