This'll get ya killed...

[BSM1]

Interesting article I just ran across:

Inside the plot by Iran’s Soleimani to attack U.S. forces in Iraq

 

[sun rise]

Soleimani’s plans to attack U.S. forces aimed to provoke a military response that would redirect that rising anger toward the United States,

He succeeded beyond his wildest dreams.

 

[BSM1]

He succeeded beyond his wildest dreams.

Unfortunately he won't be around to see the results.

 

[Lyndon]

State department officials said the evidence for the General attacking Americans was "razor thin".

Blasts hit Baghdad area as Iraqis mourn Soleimani

 

[Lyndon]

more BS from US government


Pence Links Suleimani to 9/11. The Public Record Doesn’t Back Him.

 

[ChristineM]

Interesting how all these cover stories explode into life after the event and no one actually thinks to check their validity

 

[leov]

more BS from US government


Pence Links Suleimani to 9/11. The Public Record Doesn’t Back Him.

and Suleimani blew up on Saddam's wmd he kept in his car.

 

[Evangelicalhumanist]

Interesting how all these cover stories explode into life after the event and no one actually thinks to check their validity

And this is why, I think, that we are a doomed species. Whatever Trump decides to tweet, and Fox decides to speak -- though all will be totally lies, they will also become the only "truth" that the right accepts. (I do not deny that the left does this, too.) How many people actually read/investigate both sides of everything, and try to come to what understanding they can about what's really going on? I know you do, @ChristineM because it shows in your posts. I do, too.

But the world is becoming increasingly polarized -- we strike our attitudes, set up our defensive positions, build our fortress walls to make sure that we know as little as possible about the other side, and then we bomb each other.

And that polarization is increasingly becoming the dominant feature of US politics, to the point that where the US is losing its legitimacy around the world as leader. Anybody stupid enough to think that Putin, Xi, and even Erdogan are not seeing this can't possibly see how dire all of this is.

Okay, America -- the economic picture at home says you'll probably re-elect Trump. And then? You really have no idea at all how bad it could get...

 

[icehorse]

Okay, America -- the economic picture at home says you'll probably re-elect Trump. And then? You really have no idea at all how bad it could get...

Well I for one am feeling a heavy dread.

 

[ChristineM]

And this is why, I think, that we are a doomed species. Whatever Trump decides to tweet, and Fox decides to speak -- though all will be totally lies, they will also become the only "truth" that the right accepts. (I do not deny that the left does this, too.) How many people actually read/investigate both sides of everything, and try to come to what understanding they can about what's really going on? I know you do, @ChristineM because it shows in your posts. I do, too.

But the world is becoming increasingly polarized -- we strike our attitudes, set up our defensive positions, build our fortress walls to make sure that we know as little as possible about the other side, and then we bomb each other.

And that polarization is increasingly becoming the dominant feature of US politics, to the point that where the US is losing its legitimacy around the world as leader. Anybody stupid enough to think that Putin, Xi, and even Erdogan are not seeing this can't possibly see how dire all of this is.

Okay, America -- the economic picture at home says you'll probably re-elect Trump. And then? You really have no idea at all how bad it could get...

The trouble with presenting both sides is that it leaves you with not one enemy but two. Thanks for the compliment.

I agree that America is being dragged down to the level of the leader, a couple of years ago this was seen as a laughing matter by the rest of the world but it has gone beyond a chuckle now.