Innocent Bystander wrote: ↑Sat Jan 04, 2020 7:47 pm
What the fuck do you think he was doing on Iraqi soil? Enjoying a holiday?
I don't know, and I don't care. If Iraq didn't sign off on an attack on their soil -- on their sovereignty -- then Trump fucked up, the US fucked up, we fucked up.
Bath House Barry droned these goat rapers anywhere and everywhere and nobody gave a fuck. This is no different. The exact same legal rationale applies. They were all involved in violent aggression against the United States and US personnel. He was a military target of opportunity.
Are we allowed to bomb Israel to kill the next one? Can we roll into Israel to extradite Ghislaine by force?
We wouldn't have to, would we?
Can we satellite beam strike Mexico?
I don't think drone strikes on cartel leaders is very far fetched at this point.
Is Iraq now saying they were in on it the whole time?
Let's not pretend that Iraq speaks with one, unified voice. Most of the Iraqi Shiite leadership are Iranian stooges. Was Soleimani on his way to B-dad to deliver marching orders to his puppets? Possibly, but irrelevant.
You're the military historian, though. Please explain how it's legal, and how it's good statesmanship?
Responding to violent attacks by killing the chief architect of that violence is legal under any standard. Quds Force is a designated terrorist organization and
nobody has denied that that asshole was not up to his eyes in organizing and planning terrorist operations in many different countries including Iraq. So, yes, legal.
Good statesmanship? Absolutely. How do you think we should respond to these escalating acts of violent aggression from Iran? Do nothing? Allow them to continue without consequence? I wouldn't call that statesmanship. I would call it moral cowardice. President Trump's responses have been measured and appropriate. You kill some American citizens? We will kill some of the leaders responsible for the attack. You attack our embassy, we will kill the head honcho behind all this bullshit. Iran has been put on warning. You hit us again and we will fucking maul you. Seems fair enough to me.
All Iran has to do to avoid devastating consequences is not attack us. Is that unfair? Unreasonable?
That is statesmanship.