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2 oil tankers damaged in suspected attack in the Gulf of Oman

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06-15-2019, 09:24 PM

(06-15-2019, 06:53 PM)Byron LeftTown Wrote:
(06-15-2019, 09:15 AM)mikesez Wrote: There is something to be gained, for someone.
The initial defeat of Iran will be relatively simple.
If they time it right, the US military can have control of the gulf coast of Iran, where most of the oil is, by Christmas. Iran is much bigger than Iraq, and more mountainous, so it's unlikely we would be able to quickly gain control of the entire country by force. but it is well within our capabilities to get the coastal lowlands. Perhaps Teheran would surrender at that point, or perhaps we would start to declare the part we control to be independent from Teheran.  Either way, the downside of the move, in terms of military glory, doesn't come for another two years at least. And Donny gets to beat the "support the troops" drum to re-election.

As Donald Rumsfeld said in 2003 about the length of the potential Iraq war (now into its 16th year):
It will take weeks, not months.

(06-15-2019, 09:43 AM)MalabarJag Wrote: I am totally unfamiliar with this claim. What's the source? Did Rumsfeld state this publicly?

Seymour Hersh, Pulitzer Prize winner, My Lai 1970, Abu Ghraib, 2004.  You may have heard of those?  Let us know when you are caught up. 

So you're taking the word of Hersh? The Pulitzer Prize is totally political, so who cares whether or not someone won it. From your short list it seems that Hersh specializes in accusations against Republicans which makes him a partisan Democrat. And Pulitzer Prize winners are not above lying. I doubt Hersh would have been there had Rumsfeld said it, so we're talking about at least one other person capable of lying too. Was the person who supposedly heard it named, or was it an "undisclosed source?" Or did Rumsfeld say it publicly? Do you have a link about Rumsfeld's comment?

For someone who's so invested in conspiracy theories, you sure are willing to believe the accusation of partisan Democrat Hersh.



                                                                          

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