Ron Paul shows map of American bases and weapons surrounding Iran (McCain, Iraq)
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"Iraq's Caretaker Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi has said that Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani was set to deliver Tehran's reply to an earlier Saudi message regarding de-escalation talks mediated by Baghdad when he was assassinated.
Abdul-Mahdi made the remarks during an extraordinary parliamentary session in the capital which led to the adoption of a law demanding the withdrawal of US forces from the country on Sunday, the National Iraqi News Agency reported.
The premier said that he was due to meet Soleimani at 8:30 am local time on Friday before the US assassinated the general a few hours earlier.
The revelations come as Baghdad has been mediating talks between Tehran and Riyadh following a recent uptick of tensions the region.
Abdul-Mahdi also revealed in his Sunday remarks that Washington had confirmed to Baghdad that Tel Aviv was behind a number of the attacks."
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Originally Posted by desertdetroiter
BTW...having bases surrounding Iran doesn’t mean anything. We had bases in nations all around Iraq too. Didn’t help us any, did it?
Um. Yes it did.
What it DIDN'T help out in was the after-war "nation building" stage of the war.
The Middle East is no Japan or Germany, which were mature societies of intelligent people. When occupied post-WW2, they came out the backside in a much better position.
The Middle Easterners are too busy with their asses in the air praying to a rock in Saudi Arabia and beefing over who is the rightful heir to the pedophile prophet to understand the opportunity presented to them for Democratic and economic reform with American help.
The nation building neoconservative dream for the Middle East was dashed.
Lessons learned for the US in that regard, we hope.
Ehhh...Ron Paul is saying that Iran is right and has the moral high ground in this battle.
BTW...having bases surrounding Iran doesn’t mean anything. We had bases in nations all around Iraq too. Didn’t help us any, did it?
the plan was to invade afghanistan, then iraq and then you have surrounded iran and invade them. obama winning stopped that from happening. if mccain had won, we would for sure have been at war with iran and likely a few more nations.
americans seem to think its ok for their government to have bases all over, threaten other nations and actually kill people in other nations. what if iran did that over in America? bases in canada and mexico, maybe drone strike an American general while he is in mexico. americans have no perspective on what their government does and are mistakenly believing that the US is a "good guy" in this when in reality they are the worst actor in these issues.
Ron Paul's always been the GOP isolationist/non-intervention. That's his thing, always has been in regards to whatever president has taken any type of foreign action. No problem, he's at least consistent.
Now about the below
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Originally Posted by Loveshiscountry
Didn't help us? Of course it did. We are able to attack at will.
Now if you're saying it doesn't prevent an attack because our foreign policy of invade and occupy doesn't help, then I agree.
"Iraq's Caretaker Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi has said that Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani was set to deliver Tehran's reply to an earlier Saudi message regarding de-escalation talks mediated by Baghdad when he was assassinated.
Abdul-Mahdi made the remarks during an extraordinary parliamentary session in the capital which led to the adoption of a law demanding the withdrawal of US forces from the country on Sunday, the National Iraqi News Agency reported.
The premier said that he was due to meet Soleimani at 8:30 am local time on Friday before the US assassinated the general a few hours earlier.
The revelations come as Baghdad has been mediating talks between Tehran and Riyadh following a recent uptick of tensions the region.
Abdul-Mahdi also revealed in his Sunday remarks that Washington had confirmed to Baghdad that Tel Aviv was behind a number of the attacks."
That article is a joke. 1.) Abdul-Mahd is a Shiite, essentially in Iran's pocket and has been a proponent of Iran involvement in Iraq affairs for years. In 2019 he was forced to resign after weeks of violent protests. What were protests about? - The people of Iraqi were sick of Iranian intervention in Iraq, 2.) If this general was delivering a letter to Saudi Arabia, why was he in Iraq? Iraq is not Saudi Arabia, 3.) Doesn't ring true, such information is delivered between diplomats and embassies, not the leader of Iran's revolutionary guard, 4.) Why would his death have any impact on de-escalation with Saudi Arabia in the first place? They simply find another mailman. 5.) Tel Aviv behind attacks, yeah right.
In other words - if you believe that article, I have a bridge to sell you.
Ron Paul's always been the GOP isolationist/non-intervention. That's his thing. No problem.
its funny how you dont want to invade other people's countries and murder the crap out of innocent people and you get labeled an isolationist. ron paul doesnt have a problem with having relationships with other countries, he doesnt want the US military in other countries murdering people.
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