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4 hours ago, Stick With Azeem said:

Turkey apparently attacked American troops in Syria 

That's not exactly the truth. They attacked an area close to a US base.

What's factual is that a bombing raid by Turkey has destroyed a prison in Syria and thus releasing ISIS scum. Turkey need to be taught a lesson by Europe. Hopefully this will happen. 

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1 minute ago, SirBalon said:

That's not exactly the truth. They attacked an area close to a US base.

What's factual is that a bombing raid by Turkey has destroyed a prison in Syria and thus releasing ISIS scum. Turkey need to be taught a lesson by Europe. Hopefully this will happen. 

Turkey knows where all the US bases are/were in Syria. So for them to bomb close to one doesn’t strike me as much of an accident as much as it strikes me as a threat to the US military to clear out and leave the Kurds to be slaughtered 

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Historic peace agreement in Yemen.

The conflict started in 1918 when Britain took over the Port of Adan and other parts of Yemen but the then Houthi chief declared it's independent state in the North. The conflict continued ever since one way or the other.

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1 hour ago, Inverted said:

So the United States has assassinated Qassem Soleimani, one of Iran's most senior commanders, in Baghdad.

Killing a military leader of your rival, with whom you are not officially at war, while he's in a neutral third country. There is no standard by which this isn't an outright act of war. 

American bloodlust knows no bounds. 

Some people just want the world to burn

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The US have really gone that one step further and have killed such a big Iranian regime figure such as Qassem Soleimani. It's noteworthy that Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis was also killed in the attack, as he is a very controversial figure, who was accused of terrorist activities by Kuwait years ago. At least 7 people in total are known to have been killed in this US attack.

In reality, it shouldn't be too surprising that the US killed these two Iranian backed figures. Trump clearly said that Iran would pay after the US Embassy protests and attack in Baghdad a few days ago. Trump has been shown to be ruthless and he is a person who is not afraid to take military action as we have seen once again with today's news. All this just brings more instability to the Middle East and we can all now expect Iran to retaliate in some way. Lets just hope that things don't become too drastic, as the last thing that anyone humane wants is another major war in the Middle East.

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America being across the Atlantic sheltered from the consequences of so many of its reckless actions is probably one of the primary reasons why American foreign policy is so fucked up. 

Iran will lose everything if this escalates into a war while US mainland won't even be effected.

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6 minutes ago, Azeem said:

America being across the Atlantic sheltered from the consequences of so many of its reckless actions is probably one of the primary reasons why American foreign policy is so fucked up. 

Iran will lose everything if this escalates into a war while US mainland won't even be effected.

Yes, Iran will lose a hell of a lot and the surrounding countries will also be negatively affected. While Europe will probably see another huge wave of refugees heading towards it. All this while the US mainland is not effected at all.

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3 minutes ago, Michael said:

Yes, Iran will lose a hell of a lot and the surrounding countries will also be negatively affected. While Europe will probably see another huge wave of refugees heading towards it. All this while the US mainland is not effected at all.

You'd venture some significant economic headwinds though if Iran make this a big deal in the region.

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16 minutes ago, Fairy In Boots said:

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/09/30/the-shadow-commander

great article on Suleimani from 2013 so not a sympathy piece. The Yanks have took a big scalp here, I thought of this guy as a little finger type, pulling strings without getting his own hands dirty

Of course Soleimani wasn't a sympathy piece, if you know anything about Middle Eastern Politics, you will know that Soleimani was infamous, the man was a brute! Abu Mahdi was similarly a nasty piece of work. But that is not the point, the point here is that by killing Soleimani, one of the significant figures in the Iranian regime, the US has really gone close to instigating something very serious with Iran. The Iranians are not going to take Soleimani's death lightly and the consequences could be far reaching.

 

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