US threaten Iran with pre-emptive strike

god i can hear his tongue moving around in trump's anus

― american bradass (BradNelson)

what the

I love your emoji, Karl.

― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn)

i stole it from a twitter troll, via ilx

I quit twitter so I'll be on here more, sorry in advance

when did you quit?

it's probably a good idea. :-/

Brad with the bold Caucasian eroticism

This a morning where we can forgive egregious imagery, Brad,

i needed that lol

when did you quit?

yesterday, in a moment of sublime clarity

congratulations on logging out y'all

i mean that earnestly, it was the best decision i made for myself four years ago

“Due to heightened tensions in Iraq and the region, the U.S. Embassy urges American citizens to heed the January 2020 Travel Advisory and depart Iraq immediately,” the State Department said in a statement posted early Friday. “U.S. citizens should depart via airline while possible, and failing that, to other countries via land. Due to Iranian-backed militia attacks at the U.S. Embassy compound, all public consular operations are suspended until further notice. U.S. citizens should not approach the Embassy.”

thx

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ENXggsSXUAANcty?format=png&name=360x360

“I was briefed about the potential operation when I was down in Florida,” Graham said Friday morning on “Fox and Friends.” “I appreciate being brought into the orbit. I really appreciate President Trump letting the world know you cannot kill an American without [sic] impunity.”

what American was killed? what is he referring to? sorry if this is obvious

assume no particular person - just all the yankee deaths QS implicated in

for those who aren't on twitter, here's what you're missing: pointing out that this was done without congressional consent or even awareness (apart from caddies like lindsey graham) means that you don't care about who lives or dies or what the consequences of all this will be, and instead you just care about procedural bullshit and as long as the procedures are followed you'll eichmann in jerusalem all the way to the grave, you heartless bastard

ugh yeah no thanks

what American was killed? what is he referring to? sorry if this is obvious

― L'assie (Euler)

a few days ago a military contractor was killed by an iran-supported militia, which prompted a counteroffensive from the u.s., which then led to protests at the green zone in baghdad

https://www.politico.com/news/2019/12/29/strike-iraq-death-militia-090555

trump has let the world know that if you kill an american, we will start world war 3

what about those american deaths that were trump's fault

those deaths were perfect

trump likes the Americans who weren’t killed

READ THE DEATH CERTIFICATE

In fairness, when he made the "liberal case for Donald Trump" how could he have known that Congress would not completely defund the American military https://t.co/0q8xluLEem

— Scott Lemieux (@LemieuxLGM) January 3, 2020

lmao that his last name is bragman

btw given how many twitter embeds i encounter on ilx these days, it's like i didn't quit twitter at all

I've never had a Twitter account but ILX works like a vaccine insofar as its moderately slow drip of embeds has inoculated me against ever wondering 'but what if?'

only raw takes here

which of the Dem candidates wd have done this too?

money on Biden and Booty

I doubt Biden would have given up the Iran deal...

"I really appreciate President Trump letting the world know you cannot kill an American without [sic] impunity.”

what American was killed? what is he referring to? sorry if this is obvious

― L'assie (Euler)

His name was Jamal Khashoggi, and at last we have achieved swift justice for his murder.

real worthless thought experiment xp

new board name

war is what the parties are closest on, as in the Dem House gave up even more of its 'warmaking powers' recently

I did not know about this lol

Anyone else remember when the US lost a fake war with Iran so badly they just hit restart and used a script to make sure they won?https://t.co/2iDHXwKGJQ

— Sean '[yawns]' Oscar (@hauntonaut) January 3, 2020

this is bad as wishing President Gore had started the Iraq War.

yeah the millennium challenge is hilarious and / or terrifying xp

Trump weighs in again with something that no one else has thought of:

“The United States has paid Iraq Billions of Dollars a year, for many years. That is on top of all else we have done for them.”

Why is Iraq so ungrateful for what we did for them?!!? Can anyone answer that?!

it's finally time for the dinar revaluation!!

Jesus Christ

i'd do him

this thread has gotten TMI in the last two hours

btw given how many twitter embeds i encounter on ilx these days, it's like i didn't quit twitter at all

iraq has paid iraq tens of billions of dollars in the form of munitions, delivered directly into the bodies of hundreds of thousands of disgracefully ungrateful iraqis

Lots of propaganda posters and images of Soleimani being shared around Iranian social media right now, quality pretty wildly varying, but this one from Khamenei's office stuck out: a painting, showing Soleimani being received in Heaven. pic.twitter.com/jtfTTQ1Ewu

— Séamus Malekafzali (@Seamus_Malek) January 3, 2020

the forgotten Iranian man

xp he's being greeted as a liberator

The US has been at war with Iran since the CIA overthrew Mossadegh in 1953 and replaced him with the Shah. And as always, it's been a bipartisan production.

— Dennis Perrin (@DennisThePerrin) January 3, 2020