kscarbel2 Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 This article, written by New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, touches on many aspects of the big picture relatively unknown to many. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2020/01/03/opinion/iran-general-soleimani.amp.html Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/60425-the-iran-event/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mack Technician Posted January 6, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 6, 2020 NY Times........end the article by declaring Soleimanis death insignificant when compared to global warming. 😂 1 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/60425-the-iran-event/#findComment-439645 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kscarbel2 Posted January 6, 2020 Author Share Posted January 6, 2020 I’m very concerned about the expected upcoming reprisals. Chevron is bugging out of Iraq, unable to ensure the safety of its expats and families. The other US companies will follow. 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/60425-the-iran-event/#findComment-439646 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kscarbel2 Posted January 6, 2020 Author Share Posted January 6, 2020 45 minutes ago, Mack Technician said: NY Times........end the article by declaring Soleimanis death insignificant when compared to global warming. 😂 This Bloomberg article is also accurate, but from a different angle. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-06/soleimani-killing-leaves-trump-s-middle-east-strategy-in-tatters?srnd=markets-vp Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/60425-the-iran-event/#findComment-439647 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mack Technician Posted January 6, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 6, 2020 Our facility head delivered a speech this morning at OSHA training and was quoting Sun Tzu’s “Art of War” as instruction for how he’s running this business... “If you know your enemy and yourself, you need not fear the results of a hundred battles. If you know yourself and not your enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.” It applies. We know Iran. They've been shouting “Death to America” for 41 years, nothing new. Iran doesn’t know Trump or what he’ll do, neither do we. 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/60425-the-iran-event/#findComment-439648 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kscarbel2 Posted January 6, 2020 Author Share Posted January 6, 2020 17 minutes ago, Mack Technician said: Our facility head delivered a speech this morning at OSHA training and was quoting Sun Tzu’s “Art of War” as instruction for how he’s running this business... “If you know your enemy and yourself, you need not fear the results of a hundred battles. If you know yourself and not your enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.” It applies. We know Iran. They've been shouting “Death to America” for 41 years, nothing new. Iran doesn’t know Trump or what he’ll do, neither do we. When it comes to secretly developed capabilities, they both possess them. That’s the unknown quantity. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/60425-the-iran-event/#findComment-439650 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladislav Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Don't want to be involved into political conversation much but that story is not an event that cheers me up. 1 Quote Никогда не бывает слишком много грузовиков! leversole 11.2012 Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/60425-the-iran-event/#findComment-439651 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kscarbel2 Posted January 6, 2020 Author Share Posted January 6, 2020 The US military just announced they’re leaving Iraq, complying with the government’s desire. i have a very bad feeling about all this. https://www.google.com/amp/s/mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN1Z520A Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/60425-the-iran-event/#findComment-439652 Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 (edited) 1- Iraq will have a civil war and Iran will aid the "rebels" and then we will see one unending "revolution" there. 2- Iran will follow through with their threat to level Tel Aviv and Haifa which will require Israel to selectively take out Irans power base and nuclear production. 3- the slim possibility Russia and China will intervene to some what head off the confrontation. Edited January 6, 2020 by 41chevy Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/60425-the-iran-event/#findComment-439653 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DeanOfMack Posted January 6, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 6, 2020 After having served my country as a Marine I see no WWIII coming. He was a terrorist period. Mainstream media will cloud your judgement while Internet warriors and Facebook global security experts opine their ridiculousness. For a different view read https://arab.news/b6udh 3 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/60425-the-iran-event/#findComment-439654 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mack Technician Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 (edited) Pump panic setting in here. If you want an AR you better hurry. Edited April 1, 2020 by Mack Technician Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/60425-the-iran-event/#findComment-439656 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeH Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Gotta realize most of what you hear coming out of war torn countries run by dictators is propaganda. Though Islam tends to promote fanaticism, the middle east is fractured and run by local warlord and religious fanatics. Yes they hate America but they're often too busy oppressing their own people and fighting each other to be a major threat to America. Killing major terrorists is necessary to protect the world. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/60425-the-iran-event/#findComment-439658 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TS7 Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Iran has been needing an ass kicking for 41 years. They might not make it to 42. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/60425-the-iran-event/#findComment-439664 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kscarbel2 Posted January 7, 2020 Author Share Posted January 7, 2020 The Guardian / January 6, 2019 The future of the US military presence in Iraq is in question amid scenes of confusion in Washington, as the Trump administration scrambled to respond to Iraqi demands for the troops to leave after last week’s assassination in Baghdad of Iran’s top general, Qassem Suleimani. The US-led coalition taskforce fighting Isis in Iraq delivered a letter to the Iraqi defence ministry on Monday saying preparations would begin right away “to ensure that movement out of Iraq is conducted in a safe and efficient manner”. But soon afterwards, the defence secretary, Mark Esper, told journalists in the Pentagon: “That letter is inconsistent with where we are right now” and insisted that no decision had been taken to evacuate Iraq. The chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, Gen Mark Milley, said the letter had been sent in error. “That letter is a draft, it was a mistake [damage control lie], it was unsigned, it should not have been released,” Milley said, adding that it was “poorly worded, implies withdrawal, that is not what’s happening”. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/60425-the-iran-event/#findComment-439682 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kscarbel2 Posted January 7, 2020 Author Share Posted January 7, 2020 US Marine brigadier generals don’t send unsigned letters. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/60425-the-iran-event/#findComment-439684 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TS7 Posted January 15, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 15, 2020 Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL) , a former Explosive Ordnance Disposal Tech who lost both legs in Afghanistan, on Tuesday asked during a congressional hearing if anyone could name a single fallen soldier that doesn't justify killing Iranian terrorist Soleimani. Silence from the terrorist loving Dems. Great video if you see it. 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/60425-the-iran-event/#findComment-440422 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeH Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 2 hours ago, TS7 said: Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL) , a former Explosive Ordnance Disposal Tech who lost both legs in Afghanistan, on Tuesday asked during a congressional hearing if anyone could name a single fallen soldier that doesn't justify killing Iranian terrorist Soleimani. Silence from the terrorist loving Dems. Great video if you see it. Just watched the full clip, worth every minute of silence! Glad to see there's a few good representatives out there! 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/60425-the-iran-event/#findComment-440440 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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